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Rimmers Road surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 18 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Rimmers Road surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Rimmers Road sea temperature is
22.3° C
 (Which is 2.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rimmers Road today?

The current surf forecast for Rimmers Road at 8AM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 18). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)5ft (1.5m)11s
Afternoon (18 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Evening (18 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)11s

Table - waves today at Rimmers Road. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
2
1
2
2
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
1
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
Period(s) (?)121111101111111010111112121211111111111212121414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)603563487281237237286288283174147161164161155150233165150137142110238228
Wind
(km/h)
25
E
25
E
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
20
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
E
30
E
30
E
30
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
30
E
30
E
30
E
30
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:22AM
2.62
10:37PM
2.52
10:59AM
2.73
11:14PM
2.60
11:35AM
2.81
11:50PM
2.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:05AM
0.43
4:33PM
0.46
4:44AM
0.32
5:11PM
0.35
5:21AM
0.24
5:48PM
0.26
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
Sunrise-6:20-------6:22-------6:22------
Sunset-----8:42-------8:42-------8:40--
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
2111--------1222421-----
Temp. °C171615161718181717171820181817181718191920202019
Feels °C (?)141312131415151314141416141513151415151516161615
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