Okarito Beach Surf Forecast

/ West Coast South Island (21 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (43.22° S 170.15° E)

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Okarito Beach surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 08 Aug 2025 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 12.2° C
(Which is 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: 2.5m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.9m 17s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm August 08). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 Aug)	-	-
Afternoon (08 Aug)	5ft (1.6m)	7s
Evening (08 Aug)	10ft (3.0m)	11s

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

Hourly 12 Days

West Coast South Island Surf

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	Friday 08			Saturday 09								Sunday 10								Monday 11
	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	!	!	!	!	4	!	!	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	W	W	W	W	W	WSW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Period(s) (?)	7	10	11	11	11	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	599	1807	2335	2286	2103	1912	2522	2074	1810	1590	1282	1123	978	845	724	622	508	417	411	331	258	243	206	164
Wind (km/h)	WSW	SE	S	SE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	W	SSE	SE	SE	ESE	SE	SE	WNW	W	SSW	SSE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	N
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)				10:33PM 2.13				10:56AM 2.14				11:11PM 2.24				11:34AM 2.21				11:48PM 2.31
Low Tide / height (m)		4:26PM 0.40				4:44AM 0.32				5:04PM 0.29				5:22AM 0.21				5:40PM 0.20					6:01AM 0.13

	Friday 08			Saturday 09								Sunday 10								Monday 11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-
Sunset	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	9	8	7	6	6	7	10	10	9	7	6	5	5	5	7	8	7	6	6	6	5	6	8
Feels °C (?)	4	5	4	3	1	1	3	7	6	5	2	2	1	1	2	4	4	3	2	2	2	1	2	5

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for West Coast South Island

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Okarito Beach (fresh winds from the SSE at Mount Cook Aerodrome Automatic Weather Station 60 km from Okarito Beach). 2.8m 7s swell from the W with a 1.0m 8s swell from the N and a 0.9m 12s groundswell from the W as well as a 0.6m 11s groundswell from the WNW. 4 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
2 hours 56 minutes ago Okarito Beach

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