Castlepoint Beach surf break

Castlepoint Beach surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 14 Jan 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
16.6° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Castlepoint Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Castlepoint Beach at 10PM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)--
Afternoon (14 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (14 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.7
ENE
0.8
S
0.9
S
1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)999999998868888777777888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1061067478595757393724337495133130114109106106111164218238226
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
10
SSE
5
E
10
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
5
W
15
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
20
S
20
SSW
20
S
15
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
crossglassoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:46PM
1.20
3:12AM
1.29
3:32PM
1.17
3:53AM
1.28
4:18PM
1.14
4:34AM
1.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:52PM
0.29
9:33AM
0.29
9:33PM
0.31
10:16AM
0.30
10:17PM
0.32
11:02AM
0.30
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise-----6:00-------6:01-------6:01--
Sunset-8:47-------8:46-------8:46------
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
mod rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-11---636712---12--11---
Temp. °C181515151515161718171716161516171616151514141516
Feels °C (?)161415141313151618171717151415151313121310101010
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