Red Beach surf break

Red Beach surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 08 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
20.1° 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 5PM is: 1.6m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 1.0m 8s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Afternoon (08 Apr)5ft (1.5m)9s
Evening (08 Apr)3ft (0.9m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
4
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
ENE
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.1
N
1.3
N
1.3
N
1.1
N
1.4
N
1.6
N
1.7
N
1.7
N
1.6
N
1.5
N
1.5
N
1.4
NNE
1.4
NNE
1.4
NNE
1.4
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.7
NNE
2.3
NE
3
NE
Period(s) (?)9999914141414161616161515151514141313131314
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)484421372374343492659668472103912901434138011321065106085773170470079998317783206
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
W
15
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
5
SE
5
E
5
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
onglasscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:21AM
2.45
11:49PM
2.46
12:03PM
2.38
12:33AM
2.39
12:48PM
2.32
1:23AM
2.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:29PM
0.85
6:04AM
0.98
6:14PM
0.93
6:57AM
1.05
7:04PM
1.00
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise6:39-------6:39-------6:41-------
Sunset---6:05-------6:04-------6:01----
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
2-----------------------
Temp. °C212221191817171617192019181717161719202019191919
Feels °C (?)232321191818181617192019171616151619212118171615
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