Surf-Forecast | Okarito Beach Surf Guide

Okarito Beach Surf Guide

Okarito Beach Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Beach	3	very consistent	13.6°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, 22 June 2026, 18:16 Local Time

m, °C	Monday 22			Tue
ft, °F	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Wave (m)	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	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: 05:31am | 1.9m

Next Low Water: 11:13pm | 0.61m

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

Okarito Beach Sea Temperature

The water temperature (13.6 °C) at Okarito Beach is quite cool. If the sun does come out as forecast, it should feel warm enough to surf in a good sealed spring wetsuit. Some surfers would prefer to wear gloves and boots too. Effective windchill factor of (10.0 °C) will make the air and water feel about the same temperature.

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