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Castlepoint Beach surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 28 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
16.6° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Castlepoint Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Castlepoint Beach at 10AM is: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 28). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jan)4ft (1.2m)9s
Afternoon (28 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (28 Jan)3ft (0.9m)9s

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

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Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sat
31
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
Period(s) (?)101099999888888812111111111010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)326313246202164157125928665634529294743439388858512395125
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
5
SW
5
NE
20
NE
25
NE
25
NNE
20
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
30
NW
20
NW
15
WNW
20
NW
15
WNW
10
W
15
SW
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglassononononcrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:09AM
1.44
1:39PM
1.34
2:03AM
1.48
2:34PM
1.34
2:58AM
1.51
3:32PM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:32AM
0.03
7:52PM
0.03
8:24AM
0.01
8:43PM
0.01
9:18AM
-0.01
9:37PM
-0.01
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sat
31
Sunrise-6:15-------6:16-------6:18------
Sunset-----8:38-------8:37-------8:37--
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141315182019191716161923242117161516161717171515
Feels °C (?)131314151616161412111419211815151415141515141214
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