Red Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.61° S 174.72° E

Red Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 14 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Red Beach sea temperature is
18.4°C
1.9° 

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 (14 Nov):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 9s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Red Beach at 11PM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 14). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Nov)--
Afternoon (14 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Evening (14 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Mon afternoon, min 15°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tue
17
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)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
ENE
9
0.6
ENE
9
0.5
ENE
9
0.5
ENE
9
0.5
ENE
9
0.5
ENE
9
0.5
ENE
9
0.7
NE
7
0.7
NE
7
0.7
NE
7
0.7
NE
7
0.7
NE
7
0.7
NNE
7
0.6
ENE
8
0.8
ENE
8
1
NE
8
1
NE
9
1
NE
9
1
NE
9
1
NE
9
1
NE
8
0.9
NE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
75
66
48
47
46
43
44
47
49
50
53
54
48
54
69
129
145
148
152
145
139
102
Wind (km/h)
10
ENE
10
E
5
E
5
SE
10
ESE
10
E
10
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
N
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NW
10
NNW
10
WNW
15
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
Wind State
on
on
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
11:41PM2.44m
12:10PM2.52m
00:23AM2.40m
12:52PM2.48m
1:07AM2.36m
Low Tide
5:39PM0.87m
5:47AM0.81m
6:25PM0.92m
6:29AM0.86m
7:12PM0.96m
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part cloud
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clear
clear
clear
part cloud
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clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
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Temp °C
18
17
16
16
16
16
17
19
19
19
17
17
16
16
19
21
22
19
16
16
15
15
Feels °C
16
16
16
16
16
16
17
18
18
19
17
18
16
16
19
20
19
17
15
15
14
14
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