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New Brighton Beach surf break

New Brighton Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 19 Jan 2026 NZDT
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New Brighton Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's New Brighton Beach sea temperature is
17.7° C
 (Which is 3.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at New Brighton Beach today?

The current surf forecast for New Brighton Beach at 1PM is: 0.8m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 19). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Afternoon (19 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Evening (19 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)7s

Table - waves today at New Brighton Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thu
22
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
NE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.5
E
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)878777768886888888556667
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)32211862626123102322141434345351751034474104119156203
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
5
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
5
NE
5
NNE
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
30
NE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on		ononononononcross-
on		glassononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		onononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:57AM
1.89
6:12PM
1.73
6:37AM
1.89
6:53PM
1.73
7:18AM
1.89
7:35PM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:11PM
0.37
12:21AM
0.29
12:55PM
0.34
1:05AM
0.27
1:39PM
0.32
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thu
22
Sunrise-6:09-------6:11-------6:13------
Sunset-----9:07-------9:06-------9:06--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C121212131313131312121314141313141415151616161616
Feels °C (?)111091091010111011101110991091091011111112
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