Castlepoint Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.90° S 176.22° E

Castlepoint Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 25 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Castlepoint Beach sea temperature is
14.1°C
0.3° 

Castlepoint Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Castlepoint Beach today (25 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Castlepoint Beach at 3PM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 25). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Afternoon (25 Oct)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (25 Oct)2ft (0.6m)9s

Table - waves today at Castlepoint Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Sun morning, min 9°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NW on Sun night, calm by Tue night).

Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
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
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SSE
10
0.5
SSE
10
0.4
SSE
10
0.5
S
9
0.6
S
9
0.6
S
9
0.5
S
9
0.5
S
9
0.4
SSE
9
0.2
E
12
0.2
SSE
9
0.3
S
9
0.3
S
9
0.3
S
8
0.2
S
8
0.6
NW
3
0.4
NW
3
0.5
NW
3
0.6
NNW
3
0.4
NE
5
0.5
NE
7
0.4
NE
7
0.9
S
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
38
54
35
43
58
58
40
38
26
11
8
14
13
13
5
6
5
5
7
10
24
17
57
Wind (km/h)
35
WNW
35
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
30
NW
25
NW
35
NW
35
NW
30
NW
30
NW
30
NW
25
WNW
25
NW
30
NW
35
NW
30
NW
30
NW
30
NW
30
NW
20
SW
25
SSW
15
SSW
5
S
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
4:31AM1.23m
4:58PM1.27m
5:24AM1.30m
5:56PM1.30m
6:19AM1.38m
6:55PM1.33m
Low Tide
10:37AM0.21m
11:13PM0.25m
11:39AM0.20m
00:14AM0.24m
12:42PM0.18m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
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6:13
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6:11
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6:09
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7:45
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7:46
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2
4
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Temp °C
13
13
16
20
19
16
13
12
12
13
16
19
20
17
15
14
16
17
17
14
11
11
11
Feels °C
6
6
11
15
13
11
6
5
6
7
10
14
15
11
8
8
10
11
12
11
6
8
9
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