New Chums Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.70° S 175.61° E

New Chums 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 08 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's New Chums sea temperature is
15.7° 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 (08 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 7s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 10s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for New Chums at 11PM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jul)--
Afternoon (08 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Evening (08 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 14°C on Wed afternoon, min 7°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Wed afternoon, fresh winds from the S by Thu afternoon).

Wed
8
Thursday
9
Friday
10
Sat
11
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
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
E
7
1.2
E
10
1.1
E
10
1
E
10
0.9
E
10
0.9
E
10
0.8
E
10
0.8
E
10
0.8
E
10
0.8
E
10
0.9
E
10
0.8
E
10
0.7
E
10
1.2
SE
7
1.5
ESE
7
1.3
ESE
7
2
SE
7
1.8
SE
10
1.8
SE
10
0.8
E
10
0.8
E
10
0.7
E
10
1.1
SE
6
0.6
E
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
99
273
230
192
156
156
123
121
121
125
156
125
94
128
234
177
363
587
600
121
125
94
75
71
Wind (km/h)
10
S
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
25
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
25
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
00:59AM1.86m
1:36PM1.78m
1:53AM1.86m
2:34PM1.83m
2:52AM1.88m
Low Tide
6:51PM0.41m
7:25AM0.29m
7:45PM0.42m
8:18AM0.26m
8:44PM0.41m
9:15AM0.22m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:28
7:28
7:28
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:15
5:15
5:15
5:16
 mm
Temp °C
14
12
11
11
10
9
10
11
12
12
12
12
10
9
9
10
12
11
10
8
7
7
8
10
Feels °C
12
10
9
8
7
5
6
6
6
5
5
6
4
4
4
5
8
7
6
4
3
3
4
7
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