New Chums Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.70° S 175.61° E

New Chums 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 09 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's New Chums sea temperature is
14.8°C
0.2° 

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 (09 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 15s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 15s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for New Chums at 4PM is: 0.2m 15s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)15s
Afternoon (09 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)15s
Evening (09 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 14°C on Wed morning, min 9°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed morning, fresh winds from the WSW by Fri night).

Wed
9
Thursday
10
Friday
11
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
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
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
ENE
15
0.2
ENE
15
0.2
ENE
15
0.2
ENE
16
0.4
NE
8
0.4
NE
8
0.4
NE
8
0.4
NE
8
0.3
NE
14
0.4
NE
14
0.3
NE
14
0.4
NE
14
0.4
NE
14
0.4
NE
13
0.4
NE
13
0.4
NE
13
0.4
NE
13
0.4
NE
13
0.4
NE
13
0.4
NE
13
0.4
NE
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
21
21
22
24
21
18
18
18
29
48
30
49
46
44
44
45
45
44
43
42
42
Wind (km/h)
0
ESE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
NNW
5
WSW
5
WSW
10
W
10
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
20
WNW
10
NW
10
WSW
20
SW
20
WSW
10
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
Wind State
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
5:06PM2.00m
5:30AM1.90m
6:00PM2.06m
6:25AM1.96m
6:51PM2.10m
Low Tide
10:47AM0.22m
11:27PM0.26m
11:45AM0.18m
00:22AM0.18m
12:39PM0.14m
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:26
6:24
6:24
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:02
6:04
6:04
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
12
14
14
12
11
11
10
10
13
14
14
13
12
10
10
9
11
12
13
12
12
Feels °C
11
13
13
11
9
9
7
7
10
10
10
11
10
5
6
6
7
9
7
6
7
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