Castlepoint Beach surf break

Castlepoint Beach surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 19 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
16.9° C
(Which is 1.1°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: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 19). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (19 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Evening (19 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.9
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.9
ESE
1.4
E
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
0.9
ESE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1.2
S
1.4
S
0.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)101012121111121110111010101010109977711109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)98862261111661975635134001802181431311319669696611112499326432121
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
35
WNW
35
NW
25
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
NW
30
NW
25
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SE
10
E
20
NE
30
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:10AM
1.22
7:43PM
1.15
8:06AM
1.24
8:36PM
1.21
9:03AM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:54AM
0.15
1:47PM
0.19
1:49AM
0.13
2:39PM
0.16
2:47AM
0.11
3:29PM
0.14
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise---6:43-------6:43-------6:45----
Sunset-------8:13-------8:12-------8:10
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171616171821211918171716192121191514141415151616
Feels °C (?)151312111217151414111213151717151212121314131211
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