Castlepoint Beach surf break

Castlepoint Beach surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 13 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
17.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Castlepoint Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Castlepoint Beach at 12PM is: 0.9m 4s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 13). An open ocean swell of 1.5m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)2ft (0.6m)4s
Afternoon (13 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Evening (13 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)10s

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

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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
1.7
S
0.6
NE
1
NE
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.9
NE
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.8
ENE
0.7
E
0.7
E
Period(s) (?)1412441110710101099999999998555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)129898114038830834223418814614010610610655785957564236282726
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
15
N
20
NE
30
NE
30
NE
20
NNE
20
NNW
25
NW
25
NNW
20
NW
10
WNW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
ESE
5
E
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
N
5
NW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:42AM
1.29
2:02PM
1.23
2:28AM
1.29
2:46PM
1.20
3:12AM
1.29
3:32PM
1.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:04AM
0.23
8:12PM
0.25
8:49AM
0.27
8:52PM
0.29
9:33AM
0.29
9:33PM
0.31
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
Sunrise-5:56-------5:58-------6:00------
Sunset-----8:47-------8:47-------8:46--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
------------22--1--24224
Temp. °C131318202122161515151717141414151515171717181717
Feels °C (?)101114141618121110111516131414141313161617181818
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