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Castlepoint - Slippery Surf Photo: 'Sunset at Castlepoint' by Rob Davies

Lat Long: 40.87° S 176.23° E

Issued: 11 pm 18 Jun 2026 (local time)

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Today's Castlepoint - Slippery sea temperature is

14.1° C

Slightly warmer than usual

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

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3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	N	N	SSW	S
	16 s	cross- off	2 s	16 s	4 s

Open ocean wave model on 19 October at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Castlepoint - Slippery around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	NW	NNW	SSW	S
	16 s	cross- off	3 s	16 s	5 s

Open ocean wave model on 19 October at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Castlepoint - Slippery around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	NW	NW	SSW	S
	15 s	cross- off	3 s	15 s	5 s

Open ocean wave model on 20 October at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Castlepoint - Slippery around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	NW	NW	SSW	S
	15 s	cross- off	3 s	15 s	5 s

Open ocean wave model on 20 October at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Castlepoint - Slippery around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	NW	NNW	SSW	NE
	15 s	cross- off	3 s	15 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 20 October at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Castlepoint - Slippery around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	NNW	NNW	SSW	NE
	15 s	cross- off	3 s	15 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 20 October at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Castlepoint - Slippery around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	NNW	NNW	SSW	NE
	14 s	cross- off	3 s	14 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 20 October at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Castlepoint - Slippery around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	N	N	SSW	NE
	14 s	cross- off	3 s	14 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 20 October at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Castlepoint - Slippery around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	NNW	N	SSW	ENE
	13 s	cross- off	3 s	13 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 20 October at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Castlepoint - Slippery around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	NW	NNW	SSW	NE
	12 s	cross- off	4 s	12 s	4 s

Open ocean wave model on 20 October at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Castlepoint - Slippery around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NW	NW	NW	SSW	NE
	4 s	off	4 s	12 s	4 s

Open ocean wave model on 21 October at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Castlepoint - Slippery around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NW	NW	NW	SSW	NE
	5 s	off	5 s	11 s	5 s

Open ocean wave model on 21 October at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Castlepoint - Slippery around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NW	NW	NW	SSW	SSW
	5 s	off	5 s	11 s	15 s

Open ocean wave model on 21 October at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Castlepoint - Slippery around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NW	WNW	NW	SSW	SSW
	5 s	off	5 s	11 s	15 s

Open ocean wave model on 21 October at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Castlepoint - Slippery around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WNW	WNW	WNW	SSW	SSW
	6 s	off	6 s	11 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 21 October at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Castlepoint - Slippery around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WNW	WNW	WNW	SSW	SW
	6 s	off	6 s	11 s	15 s

Open ocean wave model on 21 October at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Castlepoint - Slippery around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WNW	WNW	WNW	SSW	SW
	5 s	off	5 s	11 s	18 s

Open ocean wave model on 21 October at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Castlepoint - Slippery around the time the photo was taken

Image captured 10 minutes after high water (at high ordinary tide). Tide height was 1.3m (4.3 ft). Range 1.78m (5.8 ft). Toggle tide graph

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Castlepoint - Slippery Surf Photo: 'Sunset at Castlepoint' by Rob Davies

Small clean waves at Slippery with Castlepoint in the distance. Good camping amongst the pines here and a bit of shelter from the NW winds.

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User: Rob Davies (1346 photos)

Country: New Zealand (2470 photos)

Photo taken at: 7:20 pm 20 Oct 2013