Okarito Beach surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 18 Apr 2026 NZST
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Okarito Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Okarito Beach sea temperature is
16.3° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Okarito Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Okarito Beach at 7PM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 1.3m 8s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)7ft (2.1m)10s
Afternoon (18 Apr)8ft (2.5m)12s
Evening (18 Apr)10ft (3.0m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
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4
4
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
W
2.2
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.1
W
1.7
W
1.5
W
0.8
WSW
0.7
W
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.4
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
Period(s) (?)101012121212141414141414141313131313121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)867104819202119264023063615357034363204300125221695100276022516317015510372472726
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
15
WNW
5
WNW
10
E
15
E
15
ENE
20
E
15
ESE
15
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
15
ENE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
15
SSE
10
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:10AM
2.36
11:34PM
2.31
11:55AM
2.35
12:18AM
2.30
12:44PM
2.28
1:07AM
2.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:23PM
-0.04
5:42AM
-0.01
6:07PM
0.03
6:28AM
0.05
6:56PM
0.14
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise7:15-------7:16-------7:16-------
Sunset---6:00-------6:00------5:58-----
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
rain showers
cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
5543212151-1-------------
Temp. °C131313121212121012141514121111111215151210988
Feels °C (?)10101210997689101186778111075433
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