Red Beach surf break

Red Beach surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 22 Oct 2025 NZDT
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Red Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Red Beach sea temperature is
16.8° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Red Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Red Beach at 4AM is: 0.3m 14s primary swell from a North direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 22). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Oct)1ft (0.3m)13s
Afternoon (22 Oct)1ft (0.3m)13s
Evening (22 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)6s

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

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Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.7
N
1
N
1.1
N
1.5
N
1.6
NNW
1
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
Period(s) (?)141414131313136661313656677677677
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)363533323130301516162928212030761041991948656544344
Wind
(km/h)
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
15
W
20
W
20
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
15
WNW
25
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
15
NW
20
NW
20
W
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:15PM
2.66
8:47AM
2.68
8:54PM
2.63
9:25AM
2.69
9:32PM
2.60
10:02AM
2.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:27AM
0.79
2:48PM
0.79
3:03AM
0.77
3:25PM
0.79
3:40AM
0.76
4:02PM
0.79
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise---6:28-------6:28-------6:26----
Sunset-------7:42-------7:43-------7:44
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
----1------------341----
Temp. °C171717171718181817171616202323212018181516181815
Feels °C (?)141413141617161716161516181920181917171414151412
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Auckland

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Red Beach (light winds from the WNW at Auckland 7 km from Red Beach). 0.3m 5s windswell from the N with a 0.1m 13s groundswell, also from the N. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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14 km/h
WNW
Cross-Off
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