Red Beach surf break

Red Beach surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 19 Mar 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
20.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Red Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Red Beach at 12PM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Mar)3ft (0.9m)8s
Afternoon (19 Mar)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (19 Mar)6ft (1.9m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.7
ENE
2
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.9
E
1.7
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)888891011111111111111101010101010109999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)646685138245573867894898708543466396265206161127125949087876361
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
ESE
0
ENE
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
5
N
10
ENE
15
NE
15
N
10
NW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrossonglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
offoffglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:26AM
2.77
8:50PM
2.73
9:10AM
2.85
9:35PM
2.82
9:56AM
2.89
10:21PM
2.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:14AM
0.73
2:38PM
0.68
2:58AM
0.63
3:22PM
0.58
3:41AM
0.56
4:07PM
0.51
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
Sunrise--7:22-------7:22-------7:24-----
Sunset-----7:35-------7:34-------7:31--
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161617182121181717171922231917161616172021201918
Feels °C (?)151616172120171616161921231717161717181919191919
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