Red Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.61° S 174.72° E

Red Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 pm 17 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Red Beach sea temperature is
15.1°C
0.5° 

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 (18 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (18 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 6s period with NNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 8s period with NNE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for Red Beach at 3AM is: 1.0m 6s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Afternoon (18 Sep)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (18 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 16°C on Sat morning, min 12°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the E on Fri afternoon, fresh winds from the WSW by Sun morning).

Friday
18
Saturday
19
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
N
5
1
N
6
1
NNE
6
1.1
NNE
6
1
NNW
6
1.3
NNE
8
1.2
NNE
8
1.1
NNE
8
1
NNE
8
0.9
NNE
8
0.8
NNE
7
0.8
NNE
8
0.7
NNE
8
0.5
NNE
8
0.4
NNE
9
0.4
NE
9
0.3
NNE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
43
62
72
98
90
181
192
161
116
91
62
80
59
41
30
20
14
Wind (km/h)
15
NNE
15
NE
20
ENE
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
ENE
10
E
15
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
35
WSW
30
W
30
W
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
High Tide
11:44PM2.55m
12:13PM2.52m
00:27AM2.44m
12:58PM2.41m
Low Tide
5:53AM0.82m
6:24PM0.96m
6:39AM0.93m
7:17PM1.05m
cloud
cloud
mod rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:16
6:15
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:13
6:14
 mm
6
1
Temp °C
14
14
14
12
12
15
14
13
12
12
12
12
14
16
15
14
14
Feels °C
12
11
11
9
9
12
12
10
7
7
6
6
8
10
9
9
9
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