Red Beach surf break

Red Beach surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 16 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
20.0° C
(Which is 1.3°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 3PM is: 0.2m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 16). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Afternoon (16 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Evening (16 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
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
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.1
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
1.7
N
2
N
2.4
N
2.4
N
2.5
N
Period(s) (?)1111111111141414141414131313131212121266778
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)999921616161635323130292826111111211322538620920
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
10
WSW
10
W
15
W
15
W
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
25
N
30
N
30
N
25
NNW
25
N
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:05AM
2.65
6:34PM
2.65
6:53AM
2.76
7:23PM
2.78
7:42AM
2.84
8:11PM
2.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:17PM
0.70
12:43AM
0.70
1:05PM
0.57
1:31AM
0.58
1:53PM
0.47
2:18AM
0.51
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise6:46-------6:47-------6:48-------
Sunset--5:53-------5:52-------5:52-----
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
1--------------------593
Temp. °C171818161515151516181917161514141719201818171717
Feels °C (?)131313121212131315151615141312111416161414141315
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