Opoutere Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 37.11° S 175.89° E

Issued: 6 am 09 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Opoutere Beach sea temperature is

15.2°C

Opoutere Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Opoutere Beach today (09 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 8s period with ENE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Opoutere Beach at 12PM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (09 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	8s
Afternoon (09 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	8s
Evening (09 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Sun morning, min 13°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
	Friday 9							Saturday 10								Sunday 11
	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	197	153	149	122	95	95	76	74	74	72	64	64	59	46	57	51	56	58	73	54	54	54	52
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SSE	SE	ESE	E	ENE	WSW	S	SSE	S	SSE	SE	NNE	NNW	NW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	on	glassy	glassy	glassy	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-on	glassy	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		6:08AM1.78m				6:35PM1.89m					7:05AM1.83m				7:24PM1.88m				7:56AM1.88m				8:10PM1.86m
Low Tide				12:35PM0.45m					1:13AM0.39m				1:30PM0.43m				2:04AM0.35m				2:22PM0.41m


	6:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:39	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	7:25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:28	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1
Temp °C	13	13	15	16	17	16	15	15	14	14	15	17	17	16	14	14	14	13	17	20	20	15	15
Feels °C	10	11	13	15	16	16	15	15	13	12	14	16	17	14	12	13	13	12	17	18	18	13	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8
kJ	197	153	149	122	95	95	76	74	74	72	64	64	59	46	57	51	56	58	73	54	54	54	52
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 12	NNE 12	NNE 12	NE 12	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 11	ESE 6	E 6	NNE 10	NNE 10	N 10	NE 10	N 10	NE 10	N 10	N 10	NNW 4
kJ	13	13	14	14	14	6	12	12	12	12	12	12	4	6	11	11	2	4	2	4	2	2	6
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	NNE 11	NE 11	N 11	N 10	SE 6	SE 6	E 6	E 6	N 9	SE 7	E 7	E 6
kJ	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	12	5	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 7	—	SE 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	NNW 2	N 3	N 3	NNW 3	NNW 4	N 4	N 4	N 4	—
kJ	43	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	3	4	7	9	9	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Donut Island Coromandel	Donut Island Coromandel	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Port Waikato-Sunset beach Raglan and West Waikato	Tairua Bar Coromandel	Opoutere Beach Coromandel	Opoutere Beach Coromandel	Opoutere Beach Coromandel	Donut Island Coromandel	Opoutere Beach Coromandel	Whangamata Beach Coromandel	Hot Water Beach Coromandel	Onemana Coromandel	Onemana Coromandel	Onemana Coromandel	Onemana Coromandel	Onemana Coromandel	Onemana Coromandel	Opoutere Beach Coromandel	Onemana Coromandel	Onemana Coromandel	Onemana Coromandel	Onemana Coromandel
Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	11	11	63	109	12	0	0	0	11	0	12	26	5	5	5	5	5	5	0	5	5	5	5
Best forecast wave conditions in The Coromandel	Clark Island	Clark Island			Tairua Beach	Tairua Beach	Clark Island	Tairua Beach	Tairua Beach	Tairua Beach	Tairua Beach	Hot Water Beach	Tairua Beach	Tairua Bar	Tairua Bar	Tairua Bar	Tairua Bar	Tairua Bar	Tairua Bar	Tairua Bar	Whangamata Bar	Tairua Beach	Tairua Bar
Rating (10 max)	2	1			1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	7	5	5	6	4	7	7	8	7	9	5	9	9

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