Surf Forecast Surf Report
Oaro surf break

Oaro surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 01 May 2025 NZST
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Oaro surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Oaro sea temperature is
14.4° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Oaro today?

The current surf forecast for Oaro at 8PM is: 5.0m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.9m 13s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm May 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 May)--
Afternoon (01 May)16ft (5.0m)11s
Evening (01 May)15ft (4.5m)11s

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

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Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Fri
09
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5
S
5
S
4.5
SSE
4.5
SSE
3
SE
4
SSE
4
SSE
4
SSE
4
SSE
4
SSE
4
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
2.1
SE
1.9
SE
1.5
SE
1.3
SE
1.1
SE
0.8
S
1.6
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.2
S
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.8
ENE
Period(s) (?)111111111111111111111111111110101010916101414141515141312121111111010101099999991818171616161616161515151817168
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)538155165307505322043888361636163514435335902171169213858676784163202163304791617142212432122106915514724494303503372742232051031151138665654640565449818046464544401739999012780
Wind
(km/h)
30
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
SE
5
ESE
10
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSE
5
ENE
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
ENE
10
ENE
10
NNE
10
N
5
N
5
NW
10
NW
5
NW
5
SSE
5
ESE
5
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
SSE
5
E
5
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
5
N
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffonglassoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglassglasscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffglassglasscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offglassglassoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:56PM
1.79
8:25AM
1.59
8:55PM
1.75
9:24AM
1.55
9:53PM
1.70
10:22AM
1.51
10:49PM
1.64
11:18AM
1.47
11:43PM
1.58
12:11PM
1.43
12:34AM
1.52
1:01PM
1.40
1:22AM
1.47
1:49PM
1.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:21AM
0.04
2:37PM
0.05
3:20AM
0.07
3:34PM
0.09
4:16AM
0.11
4:31PM
0.14
5:11AM
0.15
5:25PM
0.18
6:03AM
0.19
6:18PM
0.23
6:52AM
0.22
7:08PM
0.26
7:39AM
0.25
7:56PM
0.29
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Fri
09
Sunrise------7:16-------7:16-------7:18-------7:18-------7:20-------7:20-------7:22-----
Sunset5:30-------5:29-------5:28-------5:25-------5:24-------5:23-------5:22-------5:21---
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Rain (mm)
89873-------------------------------------------------------
Temp. °C8899999910111010991115141212131313131414111010910111414121111101012161513121110101115151312121111131718151515
Feels °C (?)12444444466656813129910101111111210886791212108877914141210877813131110988101517121213
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