Okarito Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(West Coast South Island, New Zealand)

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Okarito Beach Surf Guide

Okarito Beach Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Beach	3	very consistent	15.4°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.

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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
Friday, 8 May 2026, 02:23 Local Time

m, °C	Friday 08
ft, °F	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Wave (m)	NNW	NNW	NNW	N
Period (s)	9	9	9	8
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off

Tides at Okarito Beach

Current tide and informaton

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

Next High Water: 02:37am | 1.77m

Next Low Water: 08:58am | 0.6m

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

Okarito Beach Sea Temperature

The water temperature at Okarito Beach is rather cool (15.4 °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.