New Chums Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.70° S 175.61° E

New Chums 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 16 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's New Chums sea temperature is
16.3°C
1.0° 

New Chums 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 Chums today (17 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 6s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 6s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 12s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for New Chums at 2AM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Oct)4ft (1.2m)6s
Afternoon (17 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Evening (17 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Sun afternoon, min 7°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
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
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
N
7
0.8
ESE
5
1.3
ESE
6
1.2
ESE
6
0.9
ESE
6
1.3
SSE
6
1.2
SE
6
1.1
SE
6
0.3
NE
13
0.4
ESE
6
0.3
NE
12
0.4
ESE
6
0.4
ESE
6
0.4
ESE
6
0.4
ESE
6
0.4
ESE
6
0.4
ESE
5
0.4
ESE
5
0.2
ENE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
36
34
118
103
67
108
95
83
26
14
21
13
13
12
12
10
9
10
10
Wind (km/h)
10
SSE
15
SE
30
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
15
S
10
SE
5
S
10
W
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
NNW
5
N
10
WNW
15
SW
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
glassy
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross
off
cross-off
High Tide
11:42PM1.75m
12:12PM1.80m
00:27AM1.67m
12:59PM1.74m
Low Tide
5:59AM0.36m
6:31PM0.48m
6:45AM0.43m
7:20PM0.54m
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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7:34
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Temp °C
13
12
11
9
8
7
10
13
14
14
12
11
10
9
12
14
16
15
13
Feels °C
10
9
4
4
3
2
5
9
12
10
8
8
7
6
10
12
14
13
11
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