Castlepoint Beach surf break

Castlepoint Beach surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 23 Feb 2026 NZDT
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Castlepoint Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Castlepoint Beach sea temperature is
16.7° C
(Which is 1.3°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Castlepoint Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Castlepoint Beach at 7AM is: 2.1m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 23). An open ocean swell of 3.0m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Feb)7ft (2.2m)12s
Afternoon (23 Feb)6ft (1.8m)10s
Evening (23 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

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

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Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
3
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
NE
0.9
S
1.2
S
2.1
S
2.2
S
0.2
ENE
1.7
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.1
S
0.9
S
0.4
SE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
1
S
1
S
1.1
SSE
Period(s) (?)85812128101099898812111111101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1643163124912976596354275177105206155557193121125146114200200227
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SSE
10
SE
10
NE
15
N
20
NNW
25
NW
20
WNW
15
W
15
SSW
35
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
0
SW
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
NE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crossoncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassonononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:18PM
1.36
10:51AM
1.32
11:08PM
1.42
11:42AM
1.34
12:00AM
1.46
12:32PM
1.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:42AM
0.06
5:08PM
0.07
5:37AM
0.02
5:58PM
0.03
6:29AM
-0.01
6:48PM
-0.00
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise---6:48-------6:48-------6:50----
Sunset-------8:07-------8:06-------8:05
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161412111416161513141314172119161515141315161716
Feels °C (?)131198121314131010810151814121213131314131412
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