Castlepoint Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.90° S 176.22° E

Castlepoint Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 01 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Castlepoint Beach sea temperature is
12.7°C
0.4° 

Castlepoint Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Castlepoint Beach today (01 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 13s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 13s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 13s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Castlepoint Beach at 12PM is: 1.6m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)13s
Afternoon (01 Oct)5ft (1.5m)13s
Evening (01 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Very mild (max 15°C on Thu afternoon, min 9°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WNW on Fri afternoon, light winds from the SSW by Fri night).

Thursday
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.8
S
13
1.8
S
13
1.7
S
13
1.5
S
13
1.4
S
13
1.3
S
13
1.3
S
13
1.3
S
13
0.6
SSE
10
0.7
S
9
0.7
S
12
0.7
S
11
0.7
S
11
0.6
S
11
0.6
S
12
0.5
S
12
0.4
SSE
12
0.6
S
16
0.7
S
15
0.7
S
15
0.3
SSE
10
1.6
S
6
1.2
S
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1087
1037
972
782
673
573
564
564
74
81
134
114
112
82
103
72
45
181
221
209
20
194
771
Wind (km/h)
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
15
WNW
25
WNW
20
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
40
WNW
50
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
15
W
10
SSW
20
SSE
30
S
25
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
9:29AM1.44m
10:06PM1.34m
10:21AM1.48m
10:57PM1.35m
11:14AM1.50m
Low Tide
3:27AM0.14m
4:01PM0.06m
4:18AM0.08m
4:55PM0.01m
5:09AM0.02m
5:46PM-0.04m
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light rain
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6:47
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7:20
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5
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Temp °C
9
9
11
14
15
12
10
9
9
9
11
14
15
13
12
12
12
11
10
9
9
9
10
Feels °C
3
3
6
10
11
7
5
3
3
2
4
6
5
7
7
7
8
9
5
3
3
1
1
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