New Brighton Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.47° S 172.72° E

New Brighton Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 30 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's New Brighton Beach sea temperature is
11.0°C
1.1° 

New Brighton Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at New Brighton Beach today (01 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 10s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for New Brighton Beach at 12AM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 30). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Afternoon (01 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Evening (01 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very mild (max 18°C on Fri morning, min 8°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
30
Thursday
1
Friday
2
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SSE
14
0.4
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
0.3
SE
11
0.2
SSE
14
0.2
SSE
10
0.2
SSE
10
0.2
SSE
10
0.2
SSE
10
0.2
SSE
10
0.2
SSE
12
0.4
NNE
7
0.1
SE
12
0.3
NE
7
0.4
NE
7
0.4
ENE
7
0.4
NE
7
0.4
NE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
78
39
37
34
21
19
11
10
10
10
10
14
18
5
8
14
21
14
15
Wind (km/h)
25
ENE
25
ENE
15
ENE
5
WNW
10
W
10
W
5
NW
10
E
15
E
10
E
5
E
5
E
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
WNW
15
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
E
Wind State
on
on
on
glassy
cross-off
off
cross
on
on
on
on
glassy
cross
glassy
glassy
off
off
off
glassy
High Tide
8:18PM1.87m
8:49AM1.98m
9:14PM1.85m
9:47AM1.99m
Low Tide
2:20PM0.20m
2:40AM0.18m
3:16PM0.21m
3:36AM0.18m
4:13PM0.22m
clear
clear
clear
clear
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part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
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Temp °C
9
9
10
9
8
8
9
12
13
11
11
11
10
9
10
18
17
15
13
Feels °C
4
4
7
8
5
4
6
9
9
8
9
10
8
7
8
14
13
12
11
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