Oakura Beach surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Thursday 31 Jul 2025 NZST
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Oakura Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Oakura Beach sea temperature is
14.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Oakura Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Oakura Beach at 2AM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.2m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm July 31). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Afternoon (01 Aug)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Evening (01 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)11s

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

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Friday
01
Saturday
02
Sunday
03
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
0.7
SW
1.1
SW
1.6
SW
1.9
SW
2
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
2.4
SW
Period(s) (?)10910101010121211101019181817161616161615151619
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)817705679584608413744722743627595636116518592227218828692685182218141618213328944467
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
10
SE
10
SE
5
SE
5
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
SW
10
SSE
10
ESE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffglassglasscrosscross-
on
crossoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:16AM
2.62
2:45PM
2.49
3:02AM
2.46
3:39PM
2.37
4:00AM
2.33
4:45PM
2.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:12PM
0.73
8:38AM
0.72
8:59PM
0.89
9:27AM
0.86
9:55PM
1.02
10:26AM
0.95
Friday
01
Saturday
02
Sunday
03
Sunrise----7:26-------7:26-------7:24---
Sunset------5:32-------5:34-------5:35-
part cloudpart cloudclearclearclearclearclearpart cloudclearclearclearclearclearclearcloudpart cloudclearpart cloudclearclearclearclearclearclear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111098811111097779111211111110879108
Feels °C (?)875335554344789798411464
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Taranaki

  1. weather stationWind Update Offshore wind has become cross-off at Fitzroy Beach (moderate winds from the SSE at NewPlymouthAero Aws 9 km from Fitzroy Beach). 1.3m 10s swell from the W with a 0.8m 14s groundswell from the WSW and a 0.5m 8s swell from the SSW. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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17 km away, 1 h 33 min ago

8 km/h
ESE
0.0
14.6
Air / Water (°C)
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