Red Beach surf break

Red Beach surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 15 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
20.1° 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 11AM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 15). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Afternoon (15 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (15 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ENE
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.1
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
Period(s) (?)131312121212121211111111111111141414141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)163117767348444425231099992161616163532313029
Wind
(km/h)
30
W
30
W
30
W
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
20
W
20
W
25
W
30
W
30
SW
30
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
10
W
10
WSW
10
W
15
W
15
W
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:16AM
2.54
5:43PM
2.50
6:05AM
2.65
6:34PM
2.65
6:53AM
2.76
7:23PM
2.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:28AM
0.84
11:53PM
0.82
12:17PM
0.70
12:43AM
0.70
1:05PM
0.57
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
Sunrise--6:46-------6:46-------6:47-----
Sunset----5:55-------5:53-------5:52---
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1---------1-------------
Temp. °C151517181817161617171718171616151515161919171615
Feels °C (?)10911121213131214131313111213121313151616161513
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