Red Beach surf break

Red Beach surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 09 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
20.1° C
(Which is 1.1°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 12PM is: 1.4m 16s primary swell from a North direction and 1.2m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)14s
Afternoon (09 Apr)5ft (1.6m)16s
Evening (09 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)16s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
2
4
4
4
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
N
1.3
N
1.1
N
1.4
N
1.6
N
1.7
N
1.7
N
1.6
N
1.5
N
1.5
N
1.5
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.7
NNE
2
NNE
2.5
NE
3
ENE
3.5
ENE
4
ENE
4.5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5.5
ENE
5
ENE
Period(s) (?)141414161616161515151414141313131313131415141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)65966847210391290143413981162106599187498896110741329245631364095583488471056310620110909841
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
5
SE
5
E
5
SE
10
S
10
S
10
S
15
S
10
SSE
10
SE
5
SE
10
ESE
15
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:03PM
2.38
12:33AM
2.39
12:48PM
2.32
1:23AM
2.34
1:38PM
2.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:04AM
0.98
6:14PM
0.93
6:57AM
1.05
7:04PM
1.00
7:51AM
1.08
8:00PM
1.05
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise--6:39-------6:41-------6:41-----
Sunset-----6:04-------6:01-------6:00--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------------------21
Temp. °C161617192019181717161618202019191918191920202020
Feels °C (?)161616182020171616141518212018161514131415161515
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