Red Beach surf break

Red Beach surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 20 Nov 2025 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
18.9° C
(Which is 2.3°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 11AM is: 1.8m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 20). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)6ft (1.9m)11s
Afternoon (20 Nov)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Evening (20 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
NE
1.9
NE
1.8
NE
1.7
NE
1.6
NE
1.6
NE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1.3
ENE
1.2
NE
1.2
NE
1.2
ENE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1
NE
1
NE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
NE
1
NE
1
NE
Period(s) (?)111111101010101010109999999999991010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)918844698628510500408356320269258231198194194162162145145148151173177184
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
ESE
10
ENE
15
NE
10
N
5
W
5
WSW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SSE
10
ESE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
SSW
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffglassglasscross-
off
glassononglassglasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:19AM
2.60
8:25PM
2.51
8:57AM
2.62
9:04PM
2.50
9:34AM
2.62
9:42PM
2.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:51AM
0.87
2:19PM
0.89
2:30AM
0.85
2:58PM
0.86
3:10AM
0.82
3:38PM
0.85
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
Sunrise-6:01-------6:00-------5:58------
Sunset-----8:12-------8:13-------8:14--
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171617202119161615151719212018171616181920191817
Feels °C (?)171516192018161614151718191918171616181920191816
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