Surf Forecast Surf Report

Oraka Beach surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 30 Apr 2025 NZST
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Oraka Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Oraka Beach sea temperature is
18.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Oraka Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Oraka Beach at 6AM is: 2.0m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.9m 13s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 May)8ft (2.5m)10s
Afternoon (01 May)6ft (1.8m)10s
Evening (01 May)4.5ft (1.3m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.1
ENE
2
ENE
2.5
NE
1.9
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.4
E
1.3
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
4
SSE
3.5
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.2
SSE
0.4
ENE
0.2
E
0.2
E
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.2
SSE
2
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.1
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
1
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
Period(s) (?)101010101010101212121111111111111111111111111010109998101010999916141413121212111010101111111010101010105599
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)1854939784742145176972152044926417814111014615111611685833967276720451367110010218026826326603188134810838316802581208215641198890761646508367371251346311281270212154151987252332817
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
20
N
20
NNE
25
WSW
40
WSW
40
W
40
W
40
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
45
WSW
45
WSW
50
SW
45
SW
50
SSW
45
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
35
SW
40
SSW
40
S
35
S
30
S
20
S
20
S
15
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
S
5
SE
0
W
5
W
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NNE
15
NE
20
NE
25
NE
20
N
15
N
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
5
N
15
N
15
N
20
NNW
15
N
15
N
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:01PM
1.74
8:26AM
1.63
8:56PM
1.72
9:21AM
1.59
9:51PM
1.68
10:17AM
1.53
10:46PM
1.62
11:13AM
1.47
11:41PM
1.55
12:09PM
1.40
12:36AM
1.48
1:05PM
1.34
1:29AM
1.42
2:00PM
1.31
2:21AM
1.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:21AM
-0.01
2:42PM
-0.03
3:17AM
0.01
3:37PM
0.01
4:13AM
0.05
4:31PM
0.07
5:09AM
0.11
5:26PM
0.13
6:03AM
0.16
6:19PM
0.20
6:57AM
0.21
7:13PM
0.26
7:49AM
0.25
8:05PM
0.30
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Sunrise----6:50-------6:52-------6:52-------6:52-------6:54-------6:54-------6:56-------
Sunset------5:19-------5:17-------5:16-------5:15-------5:14-------5:13-------5:12-----
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Rain (mm)
11---11--------14742-------122------------------------------
Temp. °C1818181818181515141313121212131212131314141414151514131414141313121212111111121110109910131413131312111316181616151616
Feels °C (?)171717161615876443434234466889108787656779899111099888101091010981014151312121313
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