Red Beach surf break

Red Beach surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 22 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
19.5° C
(Which is 1.1°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 12PM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)2ft (0.6m)11s
Afternoon (22 Apr)2ft (0.6m)11s
Evening (22 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)11s

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


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Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.9
SE
0.6
E
0.3
E
0.5
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.6
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.5
E
1.8
E
2.2
E
2.3
E
2.1
E
1.8
E
Period(s) (?)1110111111111154771061010667777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)57788586868258565067321817171626112127231333507554452306
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
20
S
20
S
15
SSE
5
SSE
10
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
5
SSE
10
S
10
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
20
S
20
S
25
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:08AM
2.77
11:36PM
2.85
12:04PM
2.70
12:32AM
2.77
1:01PM
2.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:55AM
0.58
5:15PM
0.49
5:54AM
0.66
6:11PM
0.59
6:56AM
0.74
7:11PM
0.70
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
Sunrise--6:52-------6:52-------6:52-----
Sunset----5:46-------5:45-------5:44---
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------------15711113
Temp. °C121112131414141211101012141413121111121211131313
Feels °C (?)86791211976658111210977885999
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