New Chums Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.70° S 175.61° E

New Chums 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 14 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's New Chums sea temperature is
16.1°C
0.9° 

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 (15 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with NE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 7s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for New Chums at 3AM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 14). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (15 Oct)4ft (1.2m)7s
Evening (15 Oct)3ft (0.9m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 20mm), heaviest during Thu morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Wed afternoon, min 7°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds.

Wed
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
ENE
9
0.4
ENE
9
0.4
ENE
9
0.4
NE
9
0.4
NE
9
0.4
NE
10
0.4
NE
10
1.6
N
6
1.2
N
7
1
N
7
0.9
NNE
7
1.2
NNW
7
1.4
NNW
7
1.1
N
7
0.9
N
7
0.6
N
7
0.5
N
7
0.5
SE
5
1
ESE
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
32
32
33
22
23
23
23
196
142
112
89
136
175
117
88
39
24
11
61
Wind (km/h)
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
NW
20
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
25
WSW
20
W
25
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
25
WSW
20
S
10
S
10
SE
25
SE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
10:18PM1.89m
10:45AM1.94m
11:00PM1.82m
11:28AM1.87m
Low Tide
4:34AM0.23m
5:02PM0.35m
5:16AM0.29m
5:45PM0.42m
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6:33
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7:30
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7:31
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7:32
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2
5
5
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1
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1
1
1
1
2
1
Temp °C
18
17
16
16
16
17
16
15
12
13
12
12
12
12
13
13
14
13
11
Feels °C
16
15
15
14
13
13
11
10
7
8
7
6
4
6
8
8
12
10
5
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