Russell - Ocean Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 35.25° S 174.12° E

Issued: 11 am 13 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Russell - Ocean Beach sea temperature is

16.3° 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 (13 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 9s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Russell - Ocean Beach at 8PM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Jul)	2.5ft (0.7m)	9s
Afternoon (13 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	10s
Evening (13 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Tue morning, min 13°C on Mon morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Mon 13					Tuesday 14								Wednesday 15								Thu 16
	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	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 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	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	NNW 4	NNW 5	NNW 5	NNW 5	NNW 6	NW 6	N 5	ESE 9	ESE 10	NW 6	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 12	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	78	56	55	56	38	18	22	37	57	73	65	29	29	17	18	9	20	10	26	23	23	23	22	22
Wind (km/h)	NNW	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	NW	NNW	NW	W	WSW	SW	WSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	off	glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	glassy	glassy	glassy
High Tide	6:18AM2.29m				7:04PM2.43m				7:21AM2.34m				8:03PM2.52m				8:21AM2.39m				8:58PM2.59m
Low Tide			12:50PM0.33m				1:25AM0.50m				1:50PM0.25m				2:24AM0.41m				2:46PM0.17m					3:21AM0.33m


	7:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:28
	—	—	5:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:29	—	—	—	—	5:29
mm	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	13	15	15	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	14	13	13	13	13	15	16	15	13	13	13	13
Feels °C	11	12	12	11	11	10	11	12	12	13	14	15	13	12	12	11	12	13	13	13	11	12	12	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 10	ESE 10	N 5	N 5	NNE 5	NNE 5	NNE 5	N 5	ESE 10	ESE 12	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 10
kJ	78	56	55	56	38	18	18	17	7	19	19	29	29	9	8	4	7	10	26	23	23	23	22	22
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 12	ESE 11	NE 12	NE 12	E 5	E 5	E 5	NE 11	ESE 10	NE 11	NE 11	NW 6	ESE 9	NW 6	NW 6	NW 6	ESE 10	NNE 4	NNE 10	NNE 4	N 4	NNE 4	NNW 4	NE 10
kJ	6	24	5	5	2	2	2	5	11	5	5	24	17	13	8	8	20	2	10	2	1	1	2	4
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 9	NE 12	N 9	N 9	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	E 5	NE 11	N 10	N 10	ESE 10	NE 10	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	NNE 10	NNW 6	—	NE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	NE 4
kJ	3	5	2	2	5	5	5	2	5	2	2	10	4	17	18	9	10	3	—	4	10	10	10	1
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	NNE 3	NNE 4	NNE 4	N 4	N 4	NNW 4	NNW 5	NNW 5	NNW 5	NNW 6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	N 4	—	—	—	—	NNW 4
kJ	—	6	4	4	6	9	22	37	57	73	65	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	—	—	—	—	3
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Elliot Bay Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	O'Neills Bay Auckland	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Waipu River Northland	Takou Bay Northland	Bland Bay Northland	The Ledge Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Pareparea Bay Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	Taupo Bay Northland	Okupe Beach Northland	Pataua Northland	The Box Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating (10 max)	1	3	2	1	1	2	3	3	4	1	1	1	1	3	1	4	4	5	1	1	1	5	5	5
Distance (km)	16	89	184	56	56	89	89	89	89	89	23	23	17	90	37	90	128	128	47	35	63	97	89	89
Best forecast wave conditions in Northland	Matauri Bay	Baylys Beach		Ngunguru Bar	Mangawhai Heads	Baylys Beach	Baylys Beach	Baylys Beach	Baylys Beach	Ngataki Beach and Paxton Point	Takou Bay	Takou Bay	Takou Bay	Scott Point	Pareparea Bay	Scott Point	Scott Point	Scott Point	Taupo Bay	Ngunguru Bar	The Box	The Box	The Box	The Box
Rating (10 max)	1	3		1	1	2	3	3	4	1	1	1	1	4	1	4	4	5	1	1	6	5	5	5
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Piha North Auckland	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Wainui Beach - Whales Gisborne and Mahia	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	The Box Northland
Rating (10 max)	2	3	2	2	4	4	3	3	4	3	1	5	5	6	6	6	6	8	4	4	6	5	5	5
Header Global	Chameau Mauritius	Chameau Mauritius	Benkunqut Indonesia	Benkunqut Indonesia	Benkunqut Indonesia	Cobblestones Australia	Bancoora Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Buchupureo Chile	Buchupureo Chile	Buchupureo Chile	Buchupureo Chile	Point Roadnight Australia	Shingles New Zealand	Fox River New Zealand	Nine Mile New Zealand	Cathedral Rock Australia	Antiques Maldives	Asu Indonesia	Asu Indonesia	Tessellated Pavements Australia	Asu Indonesia	Shingles New Zealand	Tessellated Pavements Australia
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	6	5	5	8	7	7	6	8	6	6	6	8	4	4	4	6	4	5	5

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