Russell - Ocean Beach surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 04 Sep 2025 NZST
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Russell - Ocean Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Russell - Ocean Beach sea temperature is
15.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Russell - Ocean Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Russell - Ocean Beach at 9AM is: 0.2m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 04). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Afternoon (04 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)9s
Evening (04 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)8s

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

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Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sun
07
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
NE
0.1
NE
0.2
ENE
0.1
NE
0.1
E
0.1
NE
0.1
E
0.1
NE
0.1
NE
0.1
NE
0.1
NE
0.4
N
0.5
N
0.6
N
0.8
N
0.9
N
1
N
1.6
N
1.9
N
1.8
N
1.5
N
1.3
N
1.3
N
1.2
N
Period(s) (?)99991391389883344556787788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)3383748444471217334657188361386259189227204
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
SW
0
SW
10
N
15
NNW
15
NW
10
WSW
5
W
5
W
5
W
10
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NW
20
SW
25
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrossoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:16AM
1.96
5:15PM
2.06
5:22AM
1.99
6:10PM
2.14
6:22AM
2.07
7:01PM
2.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:57AM
0.82
11:35PM
0.87
11:59AM
0.73
12:30AM
0.77
12:54PM
0.62
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sun
07
Sunrise--6:39-------6:37-------6:35-----
Sunset-----6:06-------6:07-------6:07--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------------3881---
Temp. °C121213151515131212121315161515151514141411121110
Feels °C (?)991212111211101011111113131313121213116655
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Northland

  1. weather stationWind Update Offshore wind has become very light (light winds from the SE at Kaitaia Airport 18 km from Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks). Surf should be turning clean at Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks. A 2.6m groundswell from the SW

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19 km away, 40 min ago

4 km/h
S
0.0
15.4
Air / Water (°C)
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