New Chums Beach
Waikato, New Zealand
Tomorrow at a glance
Best: 3 pm to sunset, sunset 7:41 pm6.5
2 km/h1 mph wind, Good
7.4
1 km/h1 mph wind, Great
7.6
5 km/h3 mph wind, Great
7.7
9 km/h5 mph wind, Great
6.5
10 km/h6 mph wind, Good
7.4
11 km/h7 mph wind, Great
7.5
12 km/h7 mph wind, Great
7.1
11 km/h7 mph wind, Great
8.0
11 km/h7 mph wind, Great
7.9
10 km/h6 mph wind, Great
8.5
12 km/h7 mph wind, Excellent
8.1
14 km/h9 mph wind, Great
7.9
12 km/h8 mph wind, Great
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 3 pm to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 13°C55°F
- Water
- 16°C62°F
- Wind
- 32 km/hmph NNE
- Gusts
- 85 km/hmph
- Waves
- 0.2 m<1 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- rising
- Rain
- 0%
- Sunset
- 7:41 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- High 5 am, 0.7 m2 ft
- Low 11 am, -0.6 m2 ft
- High 6 pm, 0.8 m3 ft
Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.
Beach info
Lifeguards, parking and facilities before you head down.
About New Chums Beach
New Chums Beach is a beach on the Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand, covering an area of 88,446 square meters. It is 1,102 meters long and located 14 kilometers from Coromandel Airfield (IATA: CMV).
New Chums Beach is a beach in the Wainuiototo Bay on the northeast coast of the Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand, near Whangapoua.
The hills behind the one-kilometre (0.62 mi) white-sand beach are undeveloped and covered in native bush, adding to its unspoiled appeal. In 2006, New Chums Beach was named one of the top 20 deserted beaches in the world by Britain's The Observer and highly rated by Lonely Planet and National Geographic.
Source: New Chums Beach on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0; text may have been shortened. Retrieved Oct 19, 2026. Data sources
Facilities
We do not have facility details for this beach yet.
Getting there
- Nearest town
- 1.9 km1.2 miWhangapoua (village)
- Nearest airport
- 14 km9 miCoromandel Airfield (CMV)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Whangapoua Beach1.7 km1.1 mi south-east away7.6 Great
- Matarangi Beach5.1 km3.2 mi south-east away7.6 Great
- Omara Spit5.7 km3.6 mi south-east away7.6 Great
- Rings Beach8.0 km5.0 mi south-east away7.6 Great
- Kūaotunu Beach11 km6.7 mi east away8.0 Great tomorrow
Where to stay near the beach
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The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sat8.5 ExcellentBest 3 pm to 8 pmWind up to 14 km/h9 mph, rain 0%
- Sun6.8 GoodBest 9 am to 12 pmWind up to 18 km/h11 mph, rain 6%
- Mon7.5 GreatBest 11 am to 6 pmWind up to 18 km/h11 mph, rain 18%
- Tue3.7 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 29 km/h18 mph, rain 97%
- Wed6.4 GoodBest 7 am to 9 amWind up to 22 km/h14 mph, rain 20%
- Thu5.6 GoodBest 6 pm to 8 pmWind up to 16 km/h10 mph, rain 47%