Red Beach surf break

Red Beach surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 28 Mar 2026 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
20.6° 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 10PM is: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)--
Afternoon (28 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Evening (28 Mar)3ft (0.9m)7s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
ENE
1
NE
0.9
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
1
NE
1.2
NNE
1.1
N
1
N
0.8
N
0.7
N
0.6
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
Period(s) (?)7777771212121212121267777776666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)114947965545273741091097372588015113110664453221201313
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
0
W
5
SSW
5
WSW
0
WSW
0
SW
5
NE
10
NE
15
NNE
5
N
5
S
15
NNE
25
NNW
30
WNW
20
W
20
W
20
W
15
W
15
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:21PM
2.54
4:59AM
2.65
5:26PM
2.57
5:59AM
2.71
6:27PM
2.63
6:50AM
2.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:38PM
0.81
11:19AM
0.85
11:42PM
0.80
12:17PM
0.80
12:39AM
0.76
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise------7:31-------7:31-------7:31-
Sunset-7:22-------7:20-------7:19------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------11--1--------
Temp. °C222119181818192122211920211920212119181816161717
Feels °C (?)232320191919212122222020191619201918171611121212
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