New Chums 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 36.70° S 175.61° E

Issued: 12 pm 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's New Chums sea temperature is

16.1°C

New Chums surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at New Chums today (05 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 7s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 7s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 7s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for New Chums at 5PM is: 1.0m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	7s
Afternoon (05 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	7s
Evening (05 Nov)	3.5ft (1.0m)	7s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 20°C on Fri morning, min 15°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
	Thu 5					Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NNE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	N 7	N 7	NNE 7	NNE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	137	137	105	102	102	86	84	84	82	83	69	65	55	67	104	144	195	123	198	317	324	371	160	134
Wind (km/h)	E	ENE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	N	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	N	NNW	WNW	NW	NW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide				4:27PM1.90m				5:03AM1.80m				5:23PM1.89m				5:58AM1.84m				6:14PM1.89m				6:47AM1.89m
Low Tide		10:14AM0.35m				10:53PM0.28m				11:13AM0.36m				11:46PM0.25m				12:08PM0.36m				00:34AM0.23m


	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:05	—
	—	—	—	7:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:53	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:54	—	—	—	7:55
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	1	2	—	—	2	2	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	19	19	18	17	17	17	17	19	20	19	19	18	18	17	17	18	17	18	18	16	16	15	15
Feels °C	17	20	20	19	18	18	18	18	19	18	19	19	18	18	17	17	18	15	16	16	15	16	14	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NNE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NNE 6	NNE 7	N 15	NNE 15	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7
kJ	137	137	105	102	102	86	84	84	82	83	69	65	55	67	63	82	116	4	21	204	197	203	160	134
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 16	NNE 15	N 15	N 15	N 10	N 15	N 11	E 12	NNE 16	NE 16	N 16	N 16	N 13
kJ	2	2	2	2	2	2	5	5	5	5	5	5	23	4	4	2	4	2	3	24	10	5	5	3
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 18	N 18	N 18	N 18	N 18	N 17	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 15	—	—	N 11	N 12	N 13	N 13	N 13	N 16
kJ	7	6	6	6	6	6	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	—	—	2	3	3	4	3	5
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	N 7	N 7	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 5	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	N 7	N 7	NNW 6	NNW 7
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	44	44	41	51	38	33	27	104	144	195	123	198	317	324	371	82	115
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	1	1
Distance (km)	6	40	40	16	16	16	0	0	0	113	0	28	105	14	0	105	105	105	80	80	0	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1		1	1						2	3	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	3	2	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	8	7	6	6	7	5	5	9	8	7	6	5	5

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