New Brighton Beach surf break

New Brighton Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 17 Apr 2026 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
15.2° C
(Which is 2.7°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: 0.3m 14s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)1ft (0.3m)14s
Afternoon (17 Apr)1ft (0.3m)13s
Evening (17 Apr)3ft (0.9m)5s

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


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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.9
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
NNE
1
NE
1
NE
0.5
NE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.6
ENE
Period(s) (?)1014141413135545999977898810101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)253736353231355329571553953521818246755387811811172
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
NNW
10
NNE
10
NNE
35
NNW
35
NNE
35
NNE
30
NNW
20
NNW
30
N
25
N
20
N
20
NNW
25
N
10
W
10
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:56AM
1.95
4:22PM
2.01
4:46AM
1.98
5:14PM
2.08
5:38AM
1.99
6:08PM
2.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:11AM
0.13
10:40PM
0.12
11:03AM
0.08
11:36PM
0.09
11:57AM
0.05
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
Sunrise--7:03-------7:05-------7:05-----
Sunset----5:52-------5:51-------5:49---
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C9910161717171817161718181614121110121414121211
Feels °C (?)777139111012131112131310129758910997
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