New Chums Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.70° S 175.61° E

New Chums 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 06 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's New Chums sea temperature is
14.6°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 (06 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 10s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for New Chums at 10AM is: 0.2m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 4s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Afternoon (06 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Evening (06 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 14mm), heaviest on Mon night. Very mild (max 16°C on Mon morning, min 10°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNW on Mon morning, light winds from the S by Tue night).

Sunday
6
Monday
7
Tuesday
8
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
9
0.2
ENE
9
0.2
ENE
9
0.2
ENE
9
0.1
NE
9
0.1
NE
9
1.4
N
6
1.6
N
6
2.2
NNW
8
1.9
NNW
8
1.1
N
8
1
N
8
1.4
N
7
1.2
N
8
0.9
N
8
0.8
N
8
0.7
N
8
0.6
N
8
0.4
NNE
8
0.4
NNE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
10
9
9
8
8
8
8
3
3
146
209
531
452
146
114
181
163
108
90
66
46
22
22
Wind (km/h)
15
WNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
25
NW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
20
NW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
1:13AM1.84m
1:55PM1.88m
2:18AM1.81m
3:01PM1.89m
3:25AM1.81m
4:05PM1.94m
Low Tide
7:36AM0.27m
8:14PM0.40m
8:40AM0.28m
9:20PM0.39m
9:45AM0.26m
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
cloud
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:31
6:30
6:28
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:00
6:00
6:01
 mm
2
2
1
1
7
1
Temp °C
11
11
13
15
15
14
15
15
15
15
16
15
15
14
12
13
13
11
12
15
15
13
10
Feels °C
9
9
10
11
11
11
12
11
11
11
11
11
12
11
9
9
12
9
10
12
11
10
7
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