Red Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.61° S 174.72° E

Red Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 17 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Red Beach sea temperature is
16.1°C
1.0° 

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 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (18 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 4s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 10s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Red Beach at 2AM is: 0.3m 11s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 17). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Oct)2ft (0.6m)4s
Afternoon (18 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Evening (18 Oct)1ft (0.3m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 17°C on Mon morning, min 11°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
12
0.2
ENE
11
0.2
ENE
11
0.3
NE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.6
S
4
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.3
NE
10
0.3
NE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
11
0.2
ENE
11
0.2
ENE
11
0.2
N
14
0.2
ENE
11
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Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
9
14
11
11
17
10
10
9
9
9
16
16
10
10
11
12
12
16
11
Wind (km/h)
5
SSE
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
S
20
SSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
00:53AM2.40m
1:22PM2.42m
1:37AM2.33m
2:10PM2.37m
Low Tide
6:52PM0.94m
7:01AM0.90m
7:43PM1.01m
7:49AM0.98m
8:36PM1.06m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
12
13
12
11
11
11
13
15
16
13
12
12
12
12
14
17
16
13
12
Feels °C
9
8
8
7
7
8
10
11
12
9
10
10
10
10
12
15
12
9
10
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