Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Russell - Ocean Beach today (21 Jul):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 6s period with ESE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with E swell.
The current surf forecast for Russell - Ocean Beach at 9PM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (21 Jul) | - | - |
| Afternoon (21 Jul) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 6s |
| Evening (21 Jul) | 3ft (0.9m) | 6s |
Table - waves today at Russell - Ocean Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Very mild (max 15°C on Wed afternoon, min 10°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 21 | Wednesday 22 | Thursday 23 | |||||||||||||||||
3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | NE 7 | ESE 11 | NE 7 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | NE 7 | E 7 | E 7 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 98 | 98 | 62 | 47 | 45 | 32 | 31 | 23 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 17 | 17 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | off |
High Tide | 1:26PM2.25m | 1:45AM2.29m | 2:16PM2.17m | 2:31AM2.20m | 3:11PM2.11m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 7:43PM0.61m | 8:14AM0.53m | 8:33PM0.74m | 9:04AM0.63m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 7:26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:24 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 5:32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:34 | — | — |
mm | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 11 |
Feels °C | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 8 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | ESE 5 | E 5 | E 5 | E 5 | E 6 | E 6 | E 7 | E 7 |
| kJ | 62 | 62 | 62 | 47 | 45 | 32 | 31 | 23 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 17 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | N 7 | N 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | ESE 11 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | ENE 7 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | NE 7 | NE 7 | ESE 12 |
| kJ | 25 | 25 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 13 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 7 | N 7 | N 7 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | NNE 7 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ENE 6 | ENE 7 | ESE 10 | ESE 12 | NE 8 |
| kJ | 4 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 2 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 98 | 98 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 63 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 47 | 89 | 89 | 89 | 89 | 89 | 89 | 89 | 345 | 150 |
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