Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at New Brighton Beach today (08 Aug):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with SE swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Aug, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with SE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Aug, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with SE swell.
The current surf forecast for New Brighton Beach at 6AM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm August 07). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (08 Aug) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (08 Aug) | 1ft (0.3m) | 10s |
| Evening (08 Aug) | 1ft (0.3m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at New Brighton Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Very mild (max 11°C on Sun afternoon, min 8°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||
Saturday 8 | Sunday 9 | ||||||||||||||||
9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 12 | ESE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | ESE 6 | NE 7 | NE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 6 | E 6 | E 7 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 54 | 49 | 31 | 30 | 27 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 43 | 258 | 516 | 73 | 37 | 28 | 33 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | glassy | glassy | off | off | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | cross | off | off | off | cross-off | off |
High Tide | 11:39PM1.79m | 12:16PM1.94m | 00:39AM1.84m | 1:15PM2.02m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 5:55AM0.22m | 6:32PM0.27m | 6:52AM0.16m | 7:30PM0.21m | |||||||||||||
 |  |  | |  |  | | | | | | | | | | |  | |
 | — | — | — | 7:33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:31 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:37 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Temp °C | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 |
Feels °C | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 6 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 12 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | SE 11 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | ESE 5 | ENE 7 | ENE 8 | ENE 7 | ENE 6 | E 6 | E 7 |
| kJ | 54 | 49 | 25 | 30 | 27 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 32 | 161 | 73 | 37 | 28 | 33 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 12 | SSE 11 | SE 11 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | ESE 12 | ESE 13 | ESE 12 | SE 13 | SE 10 | ESE 5 | SE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SE 10 |
| kJ | 13 | 12 | 31 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 15 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 3 | ENE 5 | ENE 4 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | NE 4 | E 14 | — | — | S 17 | SE 12 | SE 10 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | ENE 8 | E 14 |
| kJ | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | — | — | 6 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NE 4 | NE 4 | ESE 5 | ESE 6 | NE 7 | NE 7 | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 6 | 43 | 258 | 516 | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 45 | 40 | 40 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury | |||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
Latest Updates
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our New Brighton Beach surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest