Red Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(Auckland, New Zealand)

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Red Beach Surf Guide

Red Beach in Auckland East Coast is a quite exposed beach break that only works once in a while. Spring and Summer provide the optimum conditions. Offshore winds blow from the west. Tends to receive distant groundswells and the ideal swell direction is from the northeast. Waves at the beach are both lefts and rights. Best around mid tide. It's sometimes crowded here.

Red Beach Spot Info

Type:	Rating:
Beach	3.9
Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
inconsistent	21.7°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Red Beach:

The best conditions reported for surf at Red Beach occur when a Northeast swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the West.

Surf Forecasts:

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What's the best time of year to surf Red Beach (for consistent clean waves)?

julyBest Season: winter

The best time of year for surfing Red Beach with consistent clean waves (rideable swell with light / offshore winds) is during Winter and most often the month of July. Clean surfable waves are typically found 3% of the time in July while 10% of the time it tends to be blown out. For the remaining 87% of the time it is considered too small by most surfers but may still be OK for beginners and groms at times.

clean

Surfable waves that hold up well for longer rides in prevailing cross-offshore, offshore or light wind conditions.

blown out

10%

Surfable sized waves that are of poorer quality due to prevailing onshore, cross-onshore or windy conditions (may be preferable for kitesurfing).

too small

87%

Waves usually considered too small for good surf. Some wave-magnet breaks may still work though if conditions are right (on occasion).

Explore Red Beach Location Map

Interactive Red Beach surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail. The closest passenger airport to Red Beach is Auckland International Airport (AKL) in New Zealand, 45 km (28 miles) away (directly). The second nearest airport to Red Beach is Whangarei Airport (WRE), also in New Zealand, 99 km (61 miles) away.

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Red Beach Surf Forecasts:

Hourly Forecast

7 Day Forecast

Todays Surf Summary
Sunday, 7 March 2021, 11:40 Local Time

m, °C	Sunday 07
ft, °F	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Wave (m)	N	N	N	N
Period (s)	10	10	10	10
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off

What does Red Beach look like?

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Credit: Christian Rua
Credit: Michelle Erasmus
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Tides at Red Beach

Current tide and informaton

For Weiti River, New Zealand, 5.0 km from Red Beach.

Next High Water: 02:57pm | 2.66m

Next Low Water: 09:15pm | 0.75m

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	remaining
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Red Beach Sea Temperature

Sunny with pleasantly warm air temperatures (feeling like 20.0 °C once we account for wind), and similar sea temperatures (21.7 °C). Wear boardshorts or a shorty, or better still a thin summer wetsuit to keep the UV off.

Today, many surfers would wear a shorty.

Current Temp*: 21.7°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite