Castlepoint - Slippery Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.87° S 176.23° E

Castlepoint - Slippery 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 pm 10 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Castlepoint - Slippery sea temperature is
12.2°C
0.5° 

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 (11 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 18s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 18s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 18s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Castlepoint - Slippery at 7AM is: 0.5m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.2m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 10). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)18s
Afternoon (11 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)18s
Evening (11 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)18s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 14°C on Sun morning, min 8°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NW on Fri afternoon, light winds from the S by Sat morning).

Friday
11
Saturday
12
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
0
2
3
2
2
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Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
SSW
6
1.4
S
7
1.6
SSW
7
0.5
S
19
0.7
SSW
18
0.7
SSW
18
0.7
SSW
18
0.6
SSW
18
0.5
S
18
0.8
SSW
17
0.8
SSW
16
0.9
SSW
16
1.4
SSW
16
1.8
SSW
16
2.2
S
15
3
S
14
3
S
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
155
173
284
176
344
333
326
240
156
399
302
441
917
1685
2119
4009
4384
Wind (km/h)
25
S
20
S
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
NNW
20
NW
30
NW
25
WNW
15
W
15
WSW
15
S
15
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
NNE
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross
High Tide
4:34AM1.26m
4:58PM1.38m
5:30AM1.27m
5:54PM1.34m
Low Tide
10:17PM0.03m
10:44AM-0.04m
11:19PM0.07m
11:43AM-0.01m
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:22
6:22
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:00
6:00
 mm
3
Temp °C
9
9
9
8
9
13
13
12
10
9
10
9
10
11
10
9
9
Feels °C
3
3
5
5
6
8
6
7
6
5
6
5
7
8
7
6
6
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