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Red Beach surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 27 Jan 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
21.1° C
 (Which is 1.0°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 10AM is: 0.3m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 27). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Afternoon (27 Jan)1ft (0.3m)13s
Evening (27 Jan)1ft (0.3m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Fri
30
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.3
E
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
N
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
E
0.3
ENE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
ENE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
Period(s) (?)11111113131313101010121110101010101010109121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)383721313031311917161223222020171917171616293736
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
5
WSW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
S
5
SSE
10
E
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
5
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
NW
5
E
10
E
5
E
5
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscrosscrossoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassononcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:14AM
2.60
2:41PM
2.64
3:13AM
2.57
3:40PM
2.60
4:21AM
2.57
4:47PM
2.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:33AM
0.90
9:02PM
0.73
9:36AM
0.91
10:01PM
0.72
10:40AM
0.90
11:03PM
0.71
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Fri
30
Sunrise-6:30-------6:31-------6:31------
Sunset-----8:36-------8:35-------8:34--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151519212221181717172021212019191818192022211917
Feels °C (?)141418192119171717171919191919191820202022211917
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