New Chums Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.70° S 175.61° E

New Chums 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 pm 07 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) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s 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 5AM is: 1.4m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm July 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jul)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Afternoon (08 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (08 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Very mild (max 15°C on Wed afternoon, min 8°C on Fri morning). Wind will be generally light.

Wednesday
8
Thursday
9
Friday
10
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
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
N
9
1.4
ENE
8
1.5
ENE
7
1.4
ENE
7
1.4
SE
6
0.8
E
10
0.7
E
10
1.1
E
10
1.1
E
10
1
E
10
0.9
E
10
0.9
E
10
0.9
E
10
1
E
10
0.8
E
10
0.9
E
10
0.8
E
10
0.7
E
10
0.7
E
10
1.3
SE
7
2.1
SE
7
1.2
ESE
7
1.2
ESE
7
1.8
ESE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
146
214
186
208
118
128
96
228
228
192
156
153
156
190
121
156
125
96
96
138
393
134
144
609
Wind (km/h)
20
E
20
ESE
25
SE
25
SSE
20
SSE
10
SSW
5
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
30
S
25
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
20
S
15
SSE
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
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
High Tide
00:10AM1.87m
12:41PM1.75m
00:59AM1.86m
1:36PM1.78m
1:53AM1.86m
2:34PM1.83m
Low Tide
6:01PM0.40m
6:37AM0.32m
6:51PM0.41m
7:25AM0.29m
7:45PM0.42m
8:18AM0.26m
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
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
 mm
1
1
2
2
1
1
Temp °C
13
14
13
13
13
14
15
12
11
10
10
9
10
13
11
11
10
10
9
9
8
11
12
10
Feels °C
9
10
9
9
10
12
13
9
8
7
7
6
7
8
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
6
7
6
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