New Brighton Beach surf break

New Brighton Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 28 Feb 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
18.0° C
(Which is 3.2°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: 0.2m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 2s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 28). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Afternoon (28 Feb)2ft (0.6m)3s
Evening (28 Feb)2ft (0.6m)4s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
E
0.2
ESE
0.6
ENE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.5
NE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.7
SSE
0.4
SE
0.2
SSE
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
NE
0.7
SE
0.5
SE
0.1
E
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
Period(s) (?)998834445101010361312121314911131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8767712151610888101017337208382232172159
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
NNE
15
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
5
ENE
10
SW
5
SW
10
ENE
25
SSW
10
WNW
15
W
20
SSW
25
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononglassoffglassoncross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:37AM
2.04
3:00PM
1.91
3:32AM
2.07
3:54PM
1.94
4:23AM
2.09
4:45PM
1.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:51AM
0.20
9:10PM
0.11
9:47AM
0.17
10:05PM
0.09
10:40AM
0.14
10:58PM
0.08
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
Sunrise--7:05-------7:05-------7:07-----
Sunset-----8:16-------8:15-------8:14--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
rain showers
clear
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------3671-111----
Temp. °C12121213141314141312141510810101010101012121211
Feels °C (?)10109999111212101313556533334676
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