New Chums surf break

New Chums surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 16 Apr 2026 NZST
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New Chums surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's New Chums sea temperature is
20.2° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at New Chums today?

The current surf forecast for New Chums at 10AM is: 0.2m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 16). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)1ft (0.3m)11s
Afternoon (16 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Evening (16 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)14s

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


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
E
1.2
N
1.3
N
1.4
N
1.9
N
Period(s) (?)11111111111114141414141413131313121212126667
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)222121999161616363634313030292726251192119144309
Wind
(km/h)
25
W
30
W
30
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
25
N
25
N
30
N
35
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
Sunrise--6:43-------6:43-------6:45-----
Sunset----5:51-------5:49-------5:47---
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
---1------------------12
Temp. °C171717181816161515151618191716151516181919181818
Feels °C (?)131212141211121212131415161515141314141515141414
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  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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