Surf-Forecast | Okarito Beach Surf Guide

Lat Long: 43.22° S 170.15° E

Issued: 5 am 21 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Okarito Beach sea temperature is

12.6°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 Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Beach	3	very consistent	12.6°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
Monday, 21 September 2026, 11:36 Local Time

m, °C	Monday 21
ft, °F	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Wave (m)	W	W	W	W
Period (s)	14	14	14	14
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross	cross	cross- off

Tides at Okarito Beach

Current tide and informaton

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

Next High Water: 07:08pm | 1.64m

Next Low Water: 12:53pm | 0.74m

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

Okarito Beach Sea Temperature

The water temperature (12.6 °C) at Okarito Beach is quite cold. If the sun shines as forecast, it should feel warm enough to get away with a good sealed spring wetsuit but you won't overheat in a winter wetsuit, gloves boots and a hood. Effective windchill factor of (10.0 °C).

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