New Brighton Beach surf break

New Brighton Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Wednesday 03 Sep 2025 NZST
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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
9.6° C
(Which is 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 12AM is: 0.8m 4s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 03). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Sep)--
Afternoon (04 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Evening (04 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)10s

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

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Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.6
NNE
0.4
NE
0.6
N
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
1.1
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.8
NE
0.2
E
0.5
NE
0.4
NE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
Period(s) (?)11101099983434445513881313971313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)504644571820222016183350624748334840303246293936
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
25
ENE
10
NE
5
WNW
10
W
10
W
5
NNW
15
NW
30
NNW
25
NNW
25
N
30
N
20
NNW
20
N
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
WSW
30
SW
5
SSW
15
SSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:10PM
1.75
1:27AM
1.64
1:54PM
1.80
2:10AM
1.69
2:36PM
1.86
2:52AM
1.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:14PM
0.47
7:26AM
0.39
8:00PM
0.42
8:11AM
0.32
8:45PM
0.34
8:58AM
0.24
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunrise------6:50-------6:50-------6:48-
Sunset-6:04-------6:05-------6:06------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
--------------------2111
Temp. °C999876714161514151514161616131197667
Feels °C (?)346643410998910912101110951323
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Canterbury

  1. weather stationWind Update Cross-on wind has become light (light winds from the SE at Taylor's Mistake 13 km from New Brighton Beach). 1.0m 4s local chop from the NE with a 0.3m 10s swell from the SE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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Actual: 48 min ago

9 km/h
SE
Clean
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