Red Beach surf break

Red Beach surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 13 Feb 2026 NZDT
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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
22.4° C
(Which is 1.7°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 9PM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)7s
Afternoon (13 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)7s
Evening (13 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)6s

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

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Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
NE
1.4
NE
1.2
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.2
NE
1.2
NE
1.1
NE
0.8
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
1.1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)77766666671212121212121010101010111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)153173124858810910910648342826262525252452822551771411198840
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
5
NE
10
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
30
SW
35
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
35
SW
25
SW
15
W
15
W
20
WSW
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:00PM
2.26
5:59AM
2.34
6:02PM
2.29
6:50AM
2.43
6:57PM
2.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:00AM
1.16
11:14PM
1.09
11:56AM
1.14
12:14AM
1.05
12:51PM
1.09
1:10AM
0.96
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Sunrise-------6:50-------6:50-------6:52
Sunset---8:20-------8:19-------8:17----
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
23256215212-------------
Temp. °C232222222121212121202019191817181820191816161818
Feels °C (?)242324242222222322191815151311131315131313131415
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