Oraka Beach Surf Forecast

/ Gisborne and Mahia (37 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (39.07° S 177.91° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Oraka Beach surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 16 Oct 2025 NZDT

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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 14.9° 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: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 16). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	7s
Afternoon (16 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	8s
Evening (16 Oct)	1ft (0.3m)	4s

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

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		Thursday 16								Friday 17								Saturday 18
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	E	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE
Period(s) (?)	7	6	9	7	7	8	8	8	11	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	45	44	101	32	33	51	54	55	9	326	233	222	215	191	170	17	27	41	61	50	49	50	35	35
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	ENE	SSW	S	SW	SW	WSW	W	ESE	ENE	NE	NNE	NNW	NNW	N	NW	NNW	NNE	NNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			1:59AM 1.41				2:29PM 1.49				2:58AM 1.37				3:25PM 1.45				3:55AM 1.34					4:19PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)	7:52PM 0.17				8:11AM 0.19				8:49PM 0.20				9:07AM 0.23				9:45PM 0.23					10:03AM 0.26

		Thursday 16								Friday 17								Saturday 18
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:29

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	11	11	15	18	19	17	11	11	10	9	11	12	13	12	12	13	13	13	17	21	22	21
Feels °C (?)	10	10	9	8	12	15	16	12	3	6	6	6	8	9	8	6	7	10	10	10	14	18	18	16

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Gisborne and Mahia

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Oraka Beach (moderate winds from the W at Mahia Automatic Weather Station 7 km from Oraka Beach). 0.5m 10s swell from the E with a 0.3m 3s local chop from the ENE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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