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Okarito Beach surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 24 Nov 2025 NZDT
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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
14.6° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Okarito Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Okarito Beach at 6PM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)7s
Afternoon (24 Nov)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (24 Nov)3ft (0.9m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
3
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
W
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
1.1
N
1.2
N
1.6
NNE
1.8
N
1.7
NNW
2.1
NNW
2.1
NNW
2
NNW
1.6
N
1.3
NW
1.4
NNE
Period(s) (?)12128812111111111111111177789998888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11111293802281701301289795583939110130245387508702616537349201257
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
E
5
NE
5
NNW
15
NNE
25
NE
20
ENE
25
E
30
ENE
35
NE
25
NNE
20
N
10
N
5
N
10
ENE
15
ENE
25
E
30
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		oncrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crossoncrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:03PM
2.00
2:30AM
1.92
2:46PM
1.93
3:17AM
1.85
3:34PM
1.87
4:10AM
1.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:57AM
0.51
8:15PM
0.51
8:38AM
0.54
9:02PM
0.54
9:25AM
0.56
9:55PM
0.55
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Sunrise-------5:56-------5:56-------5:56
Sunset---8:53-------8:54-------8:55----
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part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
heavy rain
Rain (mm)
-------------171011541---30
Temp. °C131515141313121215181617161614151617161716161615
Feels °C (?)11131412111110101316121312111091315161815141311
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