Oraka Beach surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 01 Dec 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
18.2° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Oraka Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Oraka Beach at 1AM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm December 01). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Dec)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (02 Dec)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (02 Dec)2ft (0.6m)9s

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

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Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
E
1.2
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
ENE
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
1.5
NNE
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
NE
0.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)1010101010101010109999999996999109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)20229616416412712512592888561836161888160591645740402632
Wind
(km/h)
20
E
20
E
15
ENE
5
NNW
10
NW
10
N
10
NNW
15
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
N
5
NW
5
NNE
15
NE
15
NNE
25
NNE
25
WNW
30
NW
40
WSW
55
SW
50
SW
50
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
crossononononcross-
off
crossoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:24AM
1.42
3:46PM
1.49
4:22AM
1.51
4:44PM
1.53
5:20AM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:10PM
0.15
9:34AM
0.20
10:05PM
0.10
10:34AM
0.16
11:02PM
0.05
11:35AM
0.11
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Sunrise-----5:35-------5:35-------5:35--
Sunset-8:16-------8:17-------8:19------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------11-13443-21-
Temp. °C212018171617212222232118171819191918171715131415
Feels °C (?)19181717131419191921201717192019181514128345
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