New Chums Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.70° S 175.61° E

New Chums 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 03 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's New Chums sea temperature is
14.3°C
0.3° 

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at New Chums today (03 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 10s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 10s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for New Chums at 11PM is: 0.2m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 03). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Sep)--
Afternoon (03 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Evening (03 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)10s

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

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Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu afternoon, min 10°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
3
Friday
4
Saturday
5
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
1.3
NNW
6
0.7
N
7
0.6
N
7
0.4
N
6
0.2
ENE
11
0.2
ENE
11
0.2
ENE
11
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
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Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
128
45
32
12
11
11
11
11
10
Wind (km/h)
20
WNW
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
High Tide
11:21PM1.94m
11:55AM1.92m
00:14AM1.89m
12:52PM1.89m
Low Tide
5:43AM0.20m
6:11PM0.34m
6:37AM0.24m
7:10PM0.38m
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cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
16
15
14
13
13
13
14
15
15
15
13
11
11
10
12
14
15
13
11
Feels °C
12
12
11
10
10
10
10
10
11
11
10
8
8
7
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10
11
9
8
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