New Chums Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.70° S 175.61° E

New Chums 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 08 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's New Chums sea temperature is
14.7°C
0.0° 

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 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with N swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with NNE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for New Chums at 2PM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Afternoon (08 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Evening (08 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 15°C on Tue afternoon, min 9°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
8
Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
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)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
N
8
0.5
NNE
8
0.5
NNE
8
0.5
NNE
7
0.4
NNE
7
0.4
NNE
7
0.4
NNE
7
0.3
NNE
6
0.2
ENE
15
0.2
ENE
15
0.2
ENE
15
0.2
ENE
16
0.4
NE
8
0.4
NE
8
0.4
NE
8
0.4
NE
8
0.3
NE
14
0.4
NE
14
0.3
NE
14
0.4
NE
14
0.4
NE
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
66
34
33
31
20
19
18
9
21
21
22
24
21
18
18
18
29
48
30
49
46
Wind (km/h)
10
SW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
0
WSW
5
ENE
5
NE
5
N
5
SW
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
15
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
20
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
4:05PM1.94m
4:30AM1.84m
5:06PM2.00m
5:30AM1.90m
6:00PM2.06m
Low Tide
9:45AM0.26m
10:26PM0.34m
10:47AM0.22m
11:27PM0.26m
11:45AM0.18m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:28
6:26
6:24
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:01
6:02
6:04
 mm
1
Temp °C
11
14
15
13
10
10
9
9
13
14
14
13
11
10
10
10
13
14
14
13
12
Feels °C
9
11
11
9
7
8
7
7
12
12
12
12
10
8
8
8
10
10
10
10
8
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