Red Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.61° S 174.72° E

Red Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 10 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Red Beach sea temperature is
18.0°C
1.7° 

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 (10 Nov):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Nov, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 7s period with NNE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Nov, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 7s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for Red Beach at 10PM is: 1.8m 7s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.2m 18s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Nov)--
Afternoon (10 Nov)7ft (2.1m)7s
Evening (10 Nov)6ft (1.9m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 20mm), heaviest during Tue afternoon. Warm (max 22°C on Wed morning, min 14°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNE on Tue afternoon, calm by Thu night).

Tue
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Fri
13
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.1
NNE
7
2
NNE
7
1.8
NNE
7
1.9
NNE
7
1.9
NNE
7
1.8
NNE
7
1.6
NNE
7
1.5
NNE
7
1.3
NNE
7
1.2
NNE
7
1.1
NNE
7
0.8
N
7
0.8
NNE
7
0.7
NNE
7
0.5
E
10
0.8
ENE
8
0.8
ENE
8
0.9
ENE
8
0.9
ENE
9
0.9
ENE
9
0.9
ENE
9
0.9
ENE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
407
381
302
352
383
355
292
237
172
127
120
61
63
49
49
73
86
113
119
119
116
123
Wind (km/h)
30
NNE
25
NNE
25
N
25
N
20
N
20
N
10
N
5
NNW
15
WNW
15
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
15
W
15
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
SSW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
High Tide
8:59PM2.62m
9:31AM2.72m
9:40PM2.57m
10:10AM2.68m
10:20PM2.53m
Low Tide
2:53PM0.75m
3:08AM0.71m
3:34PM0.76m
3:49AM0.72m
4:15PM0.79m
4:28AM0.74m
heavy rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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 mm
14
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Temp °C
17
17
17
17
17
17
20
22
21
18
16
15
15
15
18
20
20
18
16
15
14
14
Feels °C
13
14
14
15
15
15
20
21
19
16
16
14
15
15
16
17
17
16
15
15
14
14
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