Castlepoint - Slippery Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.87° S 176.23° E

Castlepoint - Slippery 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 27 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Castlepoint - Slippery sea temperature is
14.1°C
0.2° 

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


How big are the waves at Castlepoint - Slippery today (27 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 11s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 6s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 7s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Castlepoint - Slippery at 4PM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Oct)1ft (0.3m)11s
Afternoon (27 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Evening (27 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)7s

Table - waves today at Castlepoint - Slippery. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Wed morning, min 9°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue afternoon, strong winds from the WNW by Wed night).

Tue
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SSW
11
0.3
SSW
11
1.1
S
6
1.1
S
6
1.1
S
7
1.2
S
8
1.3
S
9
1.3
SSW
9
1.2
SSW
10
0.9
SSW
9
1.1
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
11
0.9
SSW
10
0.9
SSW
10
0.4
SSW
17
0.7
SSW
17
0.5
SSW
16
0.5
SSW
15
0.5
SSW
15
0.6
SSW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
24
23
77
83
131
173
269
302
271
147
379
242
210
155
149
95
286
147
130
125
169
Wind (km/h)
20
W
25
SSW
15
SSW
0
W
10
NNE
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
25
NW
30
WNW
30
NW
30
NW
30
NW
40
WNW
45
WNW
45
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
40
WNW
20
SW
20
W
Wind State
off
cross
cross
glassy
cross
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
High Tide
6:55PM1.33m
7:16AM1.45m
7:53PM1.35m
8:11AM1.52m
8:50PM1.37m
Low Tide
12:42PM0.18m
1:12AM0.20m
1:45PM0.13m
2:07AM0.15m
2:45PM0.07m
light rain
mod rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
rain showers
clear
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6:09
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6:07
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7:47
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7:49
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7:50
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 mm
1
6
1
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Temp °C
15
10
10
11
9
9
10
11
15
17
17
14
13
12
13
13
15
17
15
12
12
Feels °C
12
5
6
10
6
6
6
7
9
10
10
7
7
3
3
4
7
11
7
7
7
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