New Chums Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.70° S 175.61° E

New Chums 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 08 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's New Chums sea temperature is
15.8° C
0.3° 

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):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 6s period with SE swell.
  • 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 9AM is: 1.4m 6s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 1.1m 7s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jul)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
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 morning, min 7°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Wed afternoon, fresh winds from the SSE by Thu night).

Wednesday
8
Thursday
9
Friday
10
Sat
11
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
12 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
ENE
7
1.5
E
7
1.4
SE
6
1.3
ESE
6
1
E
7
1.2
E
10
1.1
E
10
1
E
10
0.9
E
10
0.9
E
10
0.9
E
10
0.8
E
10
0.8
E
10
1.3
ESE
10
0.9
E
10
0.9
E
10
1.1
SE
7
1.2
SE
7
2.1
SE
7
1.9
SE
7
1.6
SE
7
1.3
SE
6
1.3
SE
6
0.6
E
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
191
238
133
140
94
273
228
192
156
156
158
121
121
346
149
153
114
135
381
325
233
126
136
75
Wind (km/h)
25
SE
25
SSE
20
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
30
S
30
S
35
SSE
25
S
20
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
10
S
10
S
15
SSE
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
High Tide
00:10AM1.87m
12:41PM1.75m
00:59AM1.86m
1:36PM1.78m
1:53AM1.86m
2:34PM1.83m
Low Tide
6:37AM0.32m
6:51PM0.41m
7:25AM0.29m
7:45PM0.42m
8:18AM0.26m
8:44PM0.41m
thunderstorm
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:28
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
1
1
Temp °C
13
13
12
14
14
12
11
10
10
9
10
13
12
12
12
11
9
8
7
11
12
11
10
9
Feels °C
9
9
8
11
12
10
8
7
7
6
7
9
6
5
5
5
4
3
3
7
8
8
7
5
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