Red Beach surf break

Red Beach surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 03 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
21.9° C
(Which is 1.4°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 2PM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 03). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (03 Mar)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (03 Mar)2ft (0.6m)11s

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


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Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Fri
06
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.7
NE
0.8
NE
0.7
NE
0.5
NE
0.6
NNE
0.5
E
0.5
NE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.4
NE
0.3
NNE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.4
NE
Period(s) (?)10101010101111101011101010141414913991313138
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)961201179676104121129110576550443736362035191934333317
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
25
S
25
S
30
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
15
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:03AM
2.88
8:29PM
2.79
8:49AM
2.92
9:16PM
2.83
9:33AM
2.92
10:01PM
2.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:52AM
0.61
2:22PM
0.66
2:40AM
0.56
3:07PM
0.61
3:23AM
0.54
3:49PM
0.59
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Fri
06
Sunrise--7:07-------7:07-------7:09-----
Sunset-----7:58-------7:55-------7:54--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C111214161616151515141518181615151515172021181616
Feels °C (?)65798991011111214131313131414161919151515
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