New Brighton Beach surf break

New Brighton Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 01 Mar 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 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Afternoon (01 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)3s
Evening (01 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)13s

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


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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.7
SSE
0.4
SE
0.2
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.9
SSE
0.4
SE
0.8
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
Period(s) (?)91010103613131210111341313131212121212111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)68881091834322295522968626012211811653312323
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SE
25
SSW
10
W
20
WNW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:32AM
2.07
3:54PM
1.94
4:23AM
2.09
4:45PM
1.96
5:13AM
2.08
5:34PM
1.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:47AM
0.17
10:05PM
0.09
10:40AM
0.14
10:58PM
0.08
11:31AM
0.13
11:49PM
0.09
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
Sunrise--7:05-------7:07-------7:09-----
Sunset-----8:15-------8:14-------8:12--
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----269211111-----------
Temp. °C131214141188111010101112111110101091214131212
Feels °C (?)121012136646443345766648111099
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