Red Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.61° S 174.72° E

Red Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 29 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Red Beach sea temperature is
14.0°C
0.3° 

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 (29 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 8s period with NNE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Aug, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 8s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for Red Beach at 11PM is: 1.6m 8s primary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm August 29). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Aug)--
Afternoon (29 Aug)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Evening (29 Aug)5.5ft (1.7m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 56mm), heaviest during Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 15°C on Sun morning, min 11°C on Sat night). Mainly fresh winds.

Sat
29
Sunday
30
Monday
31
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
NNE
8
1.6
NNE
8
1.7
NNE
8
1.6
NNE
8
1.5
NNE
8
1.3
NNE
8
1
NE
8
1
NNE
8
0.9
NNE
8
0.9
NE
8
0.9
NE
9
0.7
NE
9
0.6
NE
9
0.6
NNE
9
0.5
NE
9
0.5
NE
9
0.5
NE
10
0.5
NE
10
0.5
NE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
210
283
361
326
300
239
142
147
123
105
110
79
65
54
40
41
45
46
45
Wind (km/h)
15
ESE
30
S
20
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
High Tide
8:20PM2.76m
8:40AM2.69m
9:01PM2.80m
9:22AM2.74m
Low Tide
2:07PM0.74m
2:32AM0.75m
2:46PM0.68m
3:12AM0.68m
3:26PM0.66m
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:45
6:43
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:58
5:59
5:59
 mm
9
22
15
8
2
Temp °C
14
13
13
11
12
12
13
15
15
13
13
13
13
13
14
15
14
13
13
Feels °C
12
8
10
5
7
6
7
9
8
7
8
7
8
8
9
10
8
8
8
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Red Beach surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest