Red Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.61° S 174.72° E

Red Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 pm 07 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Red Beach sea temperature is
15.0° C
0.2° 

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 (08 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 8s period with NNE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Red Beach at 7AM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm July 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Afternoon (08 Jul)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (08 Jul)3ft (0.9m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Very mild (max 14°C on Wed morning, min 10°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds.

Wednesday
8
Thursday
9
Friday
10
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
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
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
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
NNE
8
1.4
NNE
8
1
NNE
8
1
NNE
8
0.8
NNE
8
0.6
E
10
0.6
E
10
0.7
E
10
0.9
E
10
0.9
E
10
0.8
E
10
0.8
E
10
0.7
E
10
0.7
E
10
0.7
E
10
0.8
E
10
0.8
E
10
1.5
S
5
1.4
S
5
0.6
E
10
0.7
E
10
0.8
E
9
0.9
E
10
1
E
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
232
242
137
113
64
78
73
98
159
158
127
127
98
98
96
125
130
111
97
71
90
108
148
176
Wind (km/h)
25
SE
25
SSE
20
S
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
S
20
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
15
S
10
S
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
00:41AM2.60m
1:04PM2.49m
1:29AM2.57m
1:57PM2.48m
2:24AM2.55m
3:00PM2.49m
Low Tide
6:24PM0.92m
7:04AM0.82m
7:20PM0.95m
7:56AM0.80m
8:21PM0.96m
8:51AM0.76m
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:33
7:31
7:31
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:19
5:19
5:20
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
13
12
11
11
11
14
14
13
12
12
11
10
11
12
11
11
10
10
10
10
10
12
12
11
Feels °C
9
7
7
6
7
10
9
8
7
8
7
6
7
5
5
5
3
3
4
5
5
7
7
8
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