Red Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.61° S 174.72° E

Red Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 07 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Red Beach sea temperature is
17.5°C
1.3° 

Red Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Red Beach today (07 Nov):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 6s period with NNE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 7s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for Red Beach at 10PM is: 1.3m 7s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Nov)--
Afternoon (07 Nov)5ft (1.5m)6s
Evening (07 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 49mm), heaviest during Mon night. Warm (max 20°C on Sat afternoon, min 14°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
7
Sunday
8
Monday
9
Tue
10
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
NNE
6
1.4
NNE
6
1.3
NNE
7
1.2
NNE
7
1.1
NNE
7
1
NNE
7
0.8
NNE
7
0.7
N
7
0.4
N
14
0.6
ENE
7
0.7
ENE
7
0.6
ENE
7
0.7
ENE
7
0.7
ENE
7
0.6
ENE
7
0.9
ENE
7
0.9
ENE
7
1
NE
7
1.1
NE
6
1.1
NE
6
1.3
NNE
6
1.3
NNE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
167
161
149
132
117
102
62
45
65
37
46
35
46
46
33
75
73
85
103
98
132
132
Wind (km/h)
10
NW
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
15
NE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
25
ENE
20
NE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
6:44PM2.71m
7:22AM2.71m
7:31PM2.70m
8:08AM2.74m
8:16PM2.66m
Low Tide
00:59AM0.71m
1:25PM0.77m
1:44AM0.70m
2:10PM0.76m
2:27AM0.70m
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
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8:00
 mm
4
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1
8
3
5
6
12
7
1
Temp °C
20
18
16
16
14
14
18
20
20
19
17
16
16
16
17
16
17
16
16
17
17
17
Feels °C
19
17
15
15
13
13
17
19
18
18
17
16
16
15
16
15
16
14
13
14
15
16
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