Castlepoint Beach surf break

Castlepoint Beach surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 24 Feb 2026 NZDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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 11AM is: 0.3m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 24). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Feb)1ft (0.3m)11s
Afternoon (24 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (24 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
S
0.5
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
SSE
1.3
S
1.1
S
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
Period(s) (?)871181211771010101010101010101010101010109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10826224355711541111231462342002002231901731231301028664636059
Wind
(km/h)
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
20
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
5
SW
5
WNW
10
NE
20
NE
25
NE
30
NE
20
NNE
20
N
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
WNW
15
NW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:42AM
1.34
12:00AM
1.46
12:32PM
1.35
12:54AM
1.48
1:24PM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:37AM
0.02
5:58PM
0.03
6:29AM
-0.01
6:48PM
-0.00
7:20AM
-0.03
7:37PM
-0.03
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
Sunrise-6:48-------6:50-------6:50------
Sunset-----8:06-------8:05-------8:02--
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C131417201815141313121516171615161717202323211918
Feels °C (?)91015171210101012111313121111131313162020191818
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

Latest Updates

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Castlepoint Beach surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest