Castlepoint Beach surf break

Castlepoint Beach surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 NZST
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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
12.3° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Castlepoint Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Castlepoint Beach at 1PM is: 0.2m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.1m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)13s
Afternoon (18 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)12s
Evening (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.4
SSE
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.6
S
1.8
S
2
S
2.3
S
2.4
S
2
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1
SSE
1.8
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.1
S
Period(s) (?)1312121414131378810109910101413131312121312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)131212691802221253484587371043710539492474218124912181044917787600526336
Wind
(km/h)
50
WNW
50
WNW
55
WNW
40
WNW
25
W
25
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
S
15
S
0
WSW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
N
20
N
20
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:01PM
1.40
2:33AM
1.22
2:54PM
1.35
3:27AM
1.19
3:46PM
1.29
4:18AM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:44AM
-0.01
8:16PM
0.02
8:38AM
0.02
9:07PM
0.08
9:33AM
0.05
10:00PM
0.14
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise6:11-------6:09-------6:07-------
Sunset---6:07-------6:07-------6:08----
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----12-----------------
Temp. °C161715131210899101097654814161311111112
Feels °C (?)674464011234531-1381197656
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  1. weather stationWind Update Still cross-shore at Castlepoint Beach (gales from the NW at CastlepointAws 1 km from Castlepoint Beach). 0.1m 10s swell from the SE to make surfable waves.

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1 h 4 min ago

72 km/h
NW
Cross-Shore
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