Red Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.61° S 174.72° E

Red Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 pm 22 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Red Beach sea temperature is
15.1°C
0.4° 

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 (23 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 10s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 11s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 11s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Red Beach at 4AM is: 0.1m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 22). 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 (23 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)10s
Afternoon (23 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)11s
Evening (23 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Very mild (max 14°C on Fri morning, min 8°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Wed afternoon, light winds from the W by Thu night).

Wednesday
23
Thursday
24
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
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
NE
12
0.2
N
6
0.1
E
12
0.1
N
12
0.1
E
10
0.8
SW
4
0.1
N
11
0.1
N
11
0.1
NE
11
1
S
4
0.6
SE
4
0.8
ESE
6
0.8
E
7
0.7
E
7
0.5
E
6
0.4
E
6
0.3
E
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
6
6
3
3
2
0
2
2
5
41
12
54
68
43
17
10
5
Wind (km/h)
25
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SSW
15
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
S
25
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
4:04AM2.26m
4:53PM2.40m
5:06AM2.33m
5:40PM2.50m
Low Tide
10:05PM1.12m
10:23AM1.07m
10:59PM1.07m
11:19AM1.01m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:09
6:07
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:16
6:17
 mm
1
Temp °C
12
11
12
12
13
13
12
11
10
9
8
8
9
12
13
11
10
Feels °C
6
5
6
6
7
6
4
4
4
5
5
4
5
8
6
6
6
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