New Chums Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.70° S 175.61° E

New Chums 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 16 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's New Chums sea temperature is
14.9° C
0.1° 

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 (16 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 6s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for New Chums at 11AM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am August 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Afternoon (16 Aug)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (16 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Sun night. Very mild (max 14°C on Sun morning, min 6°C on Mon night). Mainly fresh winds.

Sunday
16
Monday
17
Tuesday
18
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
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
ENE
8
1.1
E
8
1
E
8
0.9
ENE
8
0.9
ENE
8
0.8
ENE
8
1.3
ESE
6
1.9
ESE
7
1.9
ESE
7
1.8
ESE
7
2.3
SE
7
2.2
SE
7
1.9
SE
6
1.1
E
8
1
E
10
0.9
E
10
0.8
E
10
0.8
E
9
0.5
E
9
0.6
E
9
0.5
E
9
0.5
E
9
0.4
E
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
180
173
144
115
115
92
101
302
320
303
483
414
287
161
186
151
120
110
41
60
41
40
25
Wind (km/h)
15
WSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
SW
10
SE
30
SE
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
25
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
9:15AM2.03m
9:37PM2.13m
10:03AM1.99m
10:22PM2.05m
10:50AM1.93m
Low Tide
3:13AM0.06m
3:29PM0.10m
4:00AM0.09m
4:16PM0.17m
4:45AM0.15m
5:03PM0.27m
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:00
6:58
6:56
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:44
5:45
5:45
 mm
1
2
1
2
5
2
Temp °C
13
13
13
14
13
11
10
10
8
8
8
11
12
11
9
7
6
6
7
10
12
11
10
Feels °C
11
11
11
12
11
5
3
3
0
1
2
4
6
7
4
2
2
2
3
6
8
5
5
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