Red Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.61° S 174.72° E

Red Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 31 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Red Beach sea temperature is
16.7°C
0.8° 

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 (31 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (31 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 18s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (31 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 18s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Red Beach at 10PM is: 0.1m 13s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 31). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Oct)--
Afternoon (31 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)18s
Evening (31 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)18s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 18°C on Tue morning, min 11°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
31
Sunday
1
Monday
2
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
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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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
N
18
0.1
NE
13
0.1
N
18
0.1
N
18
0.1
N
17
0.1
N
16
0.1
N
16
0.1
N
16
0.1
N
16
0.7
N
4
0.8
NNE
4
0.8
NNE
4
1
N
5
1.1
NNE
5
1.1
NNE
6
1.2
NNE
6
1.2
NNE
6
1.2
NNE
6
1.1
NNE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
6
7
7
7
6
5
5
5
5
13
22
25
45
69
77
90
103
107
87
Wind (km/h)
20
SW
20
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
W
5
NW
10
NNE
20
NE
25
NNE
20
N
15
N
10
N
10
N
15
N
20
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
00:35AM2.70m
1:02PM2.80m
1:31AM2.65m
2:00PM2.74m
Low Tide
6:24PM0.64m
6:41AM0.56m
7:24PM0.71m
7:39AM0.65m
8:25PM0.76m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
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Temp °C
16
14
12
12
12
11
13
16
17
16
15
15
15
15
16
17
17
16
16
Feels °C
10
10
10
10
11
10
11
11
12
12
11
12
13
12
12
13
13
12
13
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