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Canterbury Marine - Surfing

Sea temperature10°
Wetsuit5/4mm wetsuit recommended
Issued: 3:00pm Sat 5 Jul
Sea temperature map

Lyttelton Tides

2.2m0.7m

Source: MetOcean Solutions

New Brighton Beach Surfing Forecast

3AM9AM3PM9PM
Sea condition
7
6

wind

 
Max gust (kts)712
Wind directionSWSW

sea

 
Period (sec)99
Set face (m)1.01.0
Wave height (m)0.90.9

swell

 
Swell height (m)0.70.7
Swell directionSESE
Rating 7-10: Good

Good quality surf, long swell period, little or no wind, and swell height greater than a metre.

Rating 4-6: Medium

Reasonable surf conditions, although possibly affected by light-fair onshore winds, and a lower swell.

Rating 1-3: Bad

Poor conditions such as strong onshore winds, a low swell period and a small swell height.

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No rating information is available for the selected time period.

The daily rating is the best rating as forecast for that day. The forecast wind and waves above have been automatically generated by MetOcean Solutions computer weather modeling system and have not been moderated by MetService forecasters. They may vary from those in the corresponding coastal or recreational marine forecast produced by our forecast team.

  • Christchurch Recreational Forecast

Christchurch Recreational Forecast

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Today: Southerly 10 knots. Sea slight. Cloudy. Poor visibility in patchy rain and drizzle.

Sunday: Southerly 10 knots, easing to variable 5 knots in the morning. Sea slight. Mostly cloudy.

Significant swell is included if forecast to be 0.5 metres or higher for today and tomorrow, and 1m or higher beyond that.

Issued: 11:05am Sat, 5 Jul

Canterbury Surfing Forecast

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