Red Beach surf break

Red Beach surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 21 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
19.5° C
(Which is 1.1°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 9PM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)--
Afternoon (21 Apr)2ft (0.6m)7s
Evening (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)11s

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


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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
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 (?)
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.4
ENE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.8
SE
0.4
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)7711111110111111111111114101010101096667
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)363640615778858686855657351931171717161535495161
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
20
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
20
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
20
S
20
S
15
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:42PM
2.91
11:08AM
2.77
11:36PM
2.85
12:04PM
2.70
12:32AM
2.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:22PM
0.41
4:55AM
0.58
5:15PM
0.49
5:54AM
0.66
6:11PM
0.59
6:56AM
0.74
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise------6:52-------6:52-------6:52-
Sunset5:47-------5:46-------5:45-------
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161412111011121414131312111010131514131312111113
Feels °C (?)131088568109997765811111011109910
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