Castlepoint Beach surf break

Castlepoint Beach surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 22 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
16.5° C
(Which is 1.0°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 12AM is: 3.0m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 22). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jan)7ft (2.2m)10s
Afternoon (23 Jan)6ft (1.8m)10s
Evening (23 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
2
2
3
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
E
3
E
3
E
3
E
2.5
E
2.3
E
2.1
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.6
E
1.4
E
1.6
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
Period(s) (?)11111111111110101010109999999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)247924442157183614581165917738643510377445341288241198164162129102767610381
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
25
W
25
WNW
20
W
15
WNW
15
NW
30
NW
25
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
30
NW
30
NW
35
NW
30
WNW
15
W
25
SW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
0
SW
5
N
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:03PM
1.13
9:23AM
1.22
9:51PM
1.19
10:16AM
1.24
10:39PM
1.25
11:08AM
1.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:08PM
0.17
3:05AM
0.15
3:55PM
0.15
3:58AM
0.13
4:42PM
0.13
4:53AM
0.11
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Sunrise-----6:09-------6:09-------6:11--
Sunset-8:44-------8:43-------8:42------
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
--------------23---11111
Temp. °C202119181818202322191716151412121517151414141417
Feels °C (?)201816161717161918151310107791014121212141416
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