Surf-Forecast | Okarito Beach Surf Guide

Lat Long: 43.22° S 170.15° E

Issued: 12 pm 10 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Okarito Beach sea temperature is

13.8°C

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

Okarito Beach Surf Guide

Okarito Beach in West Coast South Island is an exposed beach break that has very consistent surf and works all around the year. Works best in offshore winds from the southeast with some shelter here from south winds. Waves just as likely from local windswells as from distant groundswells and the optimum swell angle is from the west. The beach breaks offer lefts and rights. Surfable at all stages of the tide. It very rarely gets crowded here. Beware of rips, rocks and sharks.

Okarito Beach Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Beach	3	very consistent	13.8°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Okarito Beach:

The best conditions reported for surf at Okarito Beach occur when a West swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the Southeast.

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Explore Okarito Beach Location Map

Interactive Okarito Beach surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail.

Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)
Wind Speed (km/h)

Please note that some surf spot locations are approximate to protect their exact location while others are not shown at close zoom level.

Okarito Beach Surf Forecasts:

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Todays Surf Summary
Tuesday, 10 November 2026, 15:19 Local Time

m, °C	Tuesday 10			Wed
ft, °F	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Wave (m)	N	N	N	N
Period (s)	9	8	8	8
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off

Tides at Okarito Beach

Current tide and informaton

For Okarito, New Zealand, 3 km from Okarito Beach.

Next High Water: 12:30am | 2.09m

Next Low Water: 06:21pm | 0.31m

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	remaining
high tide
low tide

Okarito Beach Sea Temperature

The water temperature at Okarito Beach is rather cool (13.8 °C) and the air temperature will feel similar. A good quality spring wetsuit with optional neoprene boots should suffice. No need for wetsuit gloves.

Today, many surfers would wear a spring wetsuit and neoprene boots.