Oakura Bay Surf Forecast

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New Zealand (466 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Oakura Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 19 Sep 2025 NZST

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Oakura Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Oakura Bay sea temperature is 15.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Oakura Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Oakura Bay at 9PM is: 0.1m 10s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 19). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.1m 13s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (19 Sep)	-	-
Evening (19 Sep)	0.5ft (0.1m)	10s

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

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	Friday 19			Saturday 20								Sunday 21								Monday 22
	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	N	N	E	E	E	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	NNE	NNE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE
Period(s) (?)	6	6	10	10	10	4	4	8	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	0	0	2	2	2	1	1	6	17	20	33	56	86	138	184	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	ESE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	N
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		5:53PM 2.15					6:19AM 2.08				6:45PM 2.20				7:11AM 2.15				7:33PM 2.25				7:57AM 2.19
Low Tide / height (m)					12:31AM 0.58				12:52PM 0.52				1:22AM 0.52				1:39PM 0.47				2:07AM 0.45

	Friday 19			Saturday 20								Sunday 21								Monday 22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-
Sunset	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	14	11	10	10	9	12	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	16
Feels °C (?)	13	10	8	7	8	7	10	10	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	10	9	10	9	11	11	11

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Northland

Wind Update Offshore wind reported 42 km from Oakura Bay (light winds from the SSW at Kerikeri Aero Automatic Weather Station 42 km from Oakura Bay). No surfable waves
1 hour 4 minutes ago Oakura Bay
Wind Update Offshore wind reported 30 km from Tauranga Bay (light winds from the SSW at Kerikeri Aero Automatic Weather Station 30 km from Tauranga Bay). 0.5m 5s windswell from the NNW with a 0.3m 10s swell from the ENE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 4 minutes ago Tauranga Bay

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42 km away, 1 h 4 min ago

11 km/h

SSW

0.0

15.8

Air / Water (°C)

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