Red Beach surf break

Red Beach surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 12 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
20.4° C
(Which is 1.5°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 4PM is: 3.5m 13s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 12). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)16ft (5.0m)14s
Afternoon (12 Apr)11ft (3.5m)13s
Evening (12 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)12s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
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2
2
2
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5
NE
4.5
NE
3.5
NE
3
NE
1.4
NE
1.5
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)14131312121110101010109999141414131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10101682341922221597508333227327275221147153153118160327243239232178166163117
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
35
SW
45
WSW
35
W
25
W
25
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
20
WNW
25
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
25
W
25
W
30
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:34PM
2.26
3:24AM
2.36
3:38PM
2.29
4:23AM
2.44
4:44PM
2.38
5:16AM
2.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:48AM
1.09
9:01PM
1.06
9:44AM
1.04
10:03PM
1.02
10:37AM
0.96
11:01PM
0.94
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Sunrise6:43-------6:43-------6:45-------
Sunset---6:00------5:58-------5:57-----
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
rain showers
Rain (mm)
1491------111------1112-1
Temp. °C212019191918181818211919171716161819181615151615
Feels °C (?)211713141616171717201919161715151616151412101110
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