Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at New Brighton Beach today (30 Oct):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 17s period with SSE swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 17s period with SSE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 13s period with SE swell.
The current surf forecast for New Brighton Beach at 4AM is: 0.1m 13s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 30). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (30 Oct) | 0.5ft (0.2m) | 17s |
| Afternoon (30 Oct) | 1ft (0.3m) | 17s |
| Evening (30 Oct) | 0.5ft (0.1m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at New Brighton Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 19°C on Sun afternoon, min 6°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Friday 30 | Saturday 31 | Sunday 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 4 | E 13 | SE 11 | SSE 17 | SSE 17 | SSE 17 | SE 13 | NE 4 | SSE 12 | E 12 | SE 12 | SSE 12 | SSE 12 | SSE 12 | SSE 12 | SE 8 | SE 11 | SE 11 | NE 5 | NE 5 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 7 | NE 7 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 4 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 29 | 55 | 7 | 1 | 94 | 3 | 68 | 94 | 93 | 88 | 52 | 11 | 30 | 29 | 32 | 53 | 20 | 20 | 25 | 26 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | glassy | glassy | cross | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross |
High Tide | 8:32AM2.11m | 8:58PM1.92m | 9:32AM2.10m | 10:00PM1.91m | 10:33AM2.07m | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:20AM0.08m | 3:00PM0.13m | 3:18AM0.08m | 3:58PM0.13m | 4:17AM0.09m | 4:56PM0.13m | ||||||||||||||||||
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 | — | 6:15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:11 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:13 | — |
mm | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 17 | 15 |
Feels °C | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 10 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 4 | E 4 | E 4 | SSE 17 | SSE 17 | SSE 17 | NE 4 | NE 4 | SSE 12 | E 12 | SE 12 | SSE 12 | SSE 12 | E 14 | SSE 12 | SE 8 | SE 11 | SE 11 | NE 4 | NE 5 | SSE 9 | ENE 6 | ENE 7 | NE 7 |
| kJ | 4 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 29 | 55 | 1 | 1 | 94 | 3 | 68 | 94 | 93 | 4 | 52 | 11 | 30 | 29 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 26 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 15 | S 15 | S 17 | E 3 | SSE 12 | — | SE 13 | — | — | — | — | — | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | S 11 | SE 14 | SE 14 | SE 10 | SE 10 | ESE 13 | SSE 9 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 |
| kJ | 18 | 18 | 23 | 1 | 14 | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 17 | 16 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 6 | E 13 | SE 11 | E 14 | — | SE 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | E 14 | E 15 | E 14 | SE 11 | E 11 | SE 10 | SE 14 | SE 14 | E 11 | ESE 13 | SSE 8 | SE 9 |
| kJ | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 3 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | NNW 3 | — | S 16 | S 11 | SW 3 | S 11 | SSW 3 | SW 3 | SSW 3 | SSE 12 | SE 3 | ENE 3 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 5 | NE 5 | ENE 6 | NNW 3 | NNW 4 | N 3 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 178 | 163 | 8 | 166 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 88 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 32 | 53 | 20 | 3 | 14 | 8 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 31 | 4 | 20 | 255 | 685 | 154 | 154 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 43 | 45 | 31 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 47 | 55 | 55 |
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