Red Beach surf break

Red Beach surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Saturday 23 Aug 2025 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
13.6° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Red Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Red Beach at 5AM is: 0.5m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm August 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)6s
Afternoon (24 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)5s
Evening (24 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)6s

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

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Sunday
24
Monday
25
Tuesday
26
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
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
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.8
ENE
1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
1.1
E
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
E
0.9
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.9
ENE
2.1
ENE
Period(s) (?)666666556566566666677777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)2225252524191821476983747797981088574129168189257379508
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
5
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
20
ENE
20
E
20
E
20
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
20
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
25
E
30
E
30
E
35
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
onononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:29PM
2.84
7:54AM
2.73
8:14PM
2.86
8:39AM
2.75
8:56PM
2.85
9:22AM
2.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:48AM
0.72
2:04PM
0.61
2:32AM
0.69
2:45PM
0.61
3:12AM
0.67
3:23PM
0.64
Sunday
24
Monday
25
Tuesday
26
Sunrise----6:52-------6:52-------6:50---
Sunset------5:53-------5:54-------5:54-
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----111111--111-111----
Temp. °C121111101012141414131312131414141314131313141413
Feels °C (?)10997810111111910910111010910998887
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Auckland

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Red Beach (calm at Auckland 7 km from Red Beach). 0.3m 6s windswell from the E with a 0.2m 2s local chop from the ESE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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