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Russell - Ocean Beach surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 23 Nov 2025 NZDT
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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
18.7° C
 (Which is 1.4°C warmer than 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 10PM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Nov)--
Afternoon (23 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Evening (23 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
NE
1.2
NE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1
ENE
0.8
NNE
0.9
NE
1.1
NE
1.3
NE
1.6
NE
1.7
NE
1.8
NE
Period(s) (?)1010101010101010109999999911111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)341341341341341341334334301295288282242242211211151146172278389558651712
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
0
WNW
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
5
SE
15
ENE
15
ENE
5
NE
5
E
5
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
E
15
NE
15
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		ononcross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		ononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:01PM
2.08
11:37AM
2.21
11:42PM
2.06
12:15PM
2.19
12:24AM
2.03
12:57PM
2.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:15PM
0.64
5:26AM
0.52
5:56PM
0.63
6:03AM
0.54
6:39PM
0.63
6:43AM
0.57
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Sunrise-----6:03-------6:03-------6:03--
Sunset-8:14-------8:15-------8:15------
rain showers
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clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191916141414192019181716161619202019181818182021
Feels °C (?)192015131313191817181716161619191919181818192020
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