Castlepoint Beach surf break

Castlepoint Beach surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 20 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
16.8° C
(Which is 1.2°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 8AM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 20). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (20 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (20 Feb)2ft (0.6m)9s

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

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Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
ENE
0.9
ESE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
SE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1.1
S
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
NE
Period(s) (?)10111010101091099777119998888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)24118021814310212592747068104999629757553937243938262616
Wind
(km/h)
35
NW
35
NW
30
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WSW
20
S
10
SW
5
W
5
WNW
5
NNE
15
ENE
20
NE
25
NNE
30
NW
35
NW
45
WNW
35
NW
35
WNW
35
WNW
15
SW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:43PM
1.15
8:06AM
1.24
8:36PM
1.21
9:03AM
1.26
9:27PM
1.28
9:58AM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:49AM
0.13
2:39PM
0.16
2:47AM
0.11
3:29PM
0.14
3:45AM
0.09
4:19PM
0.11
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise---6:43-------6:45-------6:47----
Sunset-------8:12-------8:10-------8:08
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181717161821211915151313151718181515161617202018
Feels °C (?)121112131517171611131112141414141088911141616
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