Russell - Ocean Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 35.25° S 174.12° E

Issued: 12 pm 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Russell - Ocean Beach sea temperature is

16.2°C

Russell - Ocean Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Russell - Ocean Beach today (05 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 8s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 8s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 8s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Russell - Ocean Beach at 7PM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Nov)	4.5ft (1.4m)	8s
Afternoon (05 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	8s
Evening (05 Nov)	4ft (1.2m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Warm (max 21°C on Thu afternoon, min 16°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
	Thu 5					Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	NNE 6	N 6	NE 7	N 7	N 6	N 7	N 7	N 7	NNW 7	N 7	N 7
Wave Graph
kJ	239	216	193	193	173	173	153	153	153	153	135	75	78	135	96	128	124	100	179	205	153	187	110	91
Wind (km/h)	NNW	N	N	NNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	N	N	NNW	N	NNW	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide				5:48PM2.26m				6:23AM2.13m				6:40PM2.27m					7:15AM2.19m				7:29PM2.26m
Low Tide		11:44AM0.52m				00:19AM0.45m				12:42PM0.51m					1:11AM0.41m				1:34PM0.49m				1:59AM0.38m


	6:16	—	—	—	—	—	6:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:15	—
	—	—	—	7:55	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:57	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:58	—	—	—	7:59
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	20	21	19	18	17	17	17	19	20	20	19	18	18	17	18	18	21	20	18	16	16	16	16
Feels °C	20	19	20	19	19	18	17	17	19	20	20	20	19	17	16	17	17	17	16	15	15	15	14	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 7	NE 7	ENE 8	NE 7	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	N 7	N 7	N 7
kJ	239	216	193	193	173	173	153	153	153	153	135	75	78	40	91	128	98	75	51	51	54	127	110	91
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 15	N 15	N 15	N 10	N 10	N 15	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 16	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8
kJ	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	2	2	2	18	17	4	2	2	17	19	45	20	20	20	51	50	50
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 19	N 19	N 18	N 18	N 17	N 16	N 17	N 17	N 16	N 16	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 15	N 15	N 12	N 12	NE 12	N 13	N 13	N 13	N 13	N 14	N 14
kJ	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	6	5	5	2	2	2	4	4	3	3	6	14	3	3	13	33	64
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	N 6	N 6	—	—	—	—	N 6	N 5	N 5	N 5	NNE 6	N 6	N 6	N 7	N 6	N 7	N 7	N 7	NNW 7	NW 6	NW 7
kJ	—	—	—	28	31	—	—	—	—	35	28	33	58	135	96	74	124	100	179	205	153	187	47	62
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Elliot Bay Northland	Matauri Bay Northland	Matauri Bay Northland	Matauri Bay Northland	Elliot Bay Northland	Elliot Bay Northland	Elliot Bay Northland	Helena Bay Northland	Wainui Bay Northland	Matauri Bay Northland	Ninety Mile Beach Northland	Elliot Bay Northland	Matauri Bay Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Ruakaka Northland	Ruakaka Northland	Taupo Bay Northland	Whatipu Auckland	Orewa Beach Auckland	Daniels Reef Northland	Whananaki Beach Northland	Helena Bay Northland	Helena Bay Northland	Elliot Bay Northland
Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	2
Distance (km)	16	30	30	30	16	16	16	30	36	30	89	16	30	89	79	79	47	203	157	132	43	30	30	16
Best forecast wave conditions in Northland	Elliot Bay	Matauri Bay	Matauri Bay	Fairway Reef	Fairway Reef	Fairway Reef	Fairway Reef	Matauri Bay	Fairway Reef	Matauri Bay	Ninety Mile Beach	Matauri Bay	Matauri Bay	Scott Point	Waipapakauri Beach	Scott Point	Taupo Bay			Daniels Reef	Pakiri beach	Forestry	Moureeses	Takou Bay
Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	2	2	2	2			1	2	3	2	2
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Punakaiki West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ninety Mile Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Wainui Beach - Whales Gisborne and Mahia	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tairua Bar Coromandel	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating (10 max)	3	2	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	8	7	6	6	7	5	5	9	8	7	6	5	5

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