Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Orakawa today (04 Sep):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 5s period with NNW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 6s period with N swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 6s period with N swell.
The current surf forecast for Orakawa at 2AM is: 0.2m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (04 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 5s |
| Afternoon (04 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 6s |
| Evening (04 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 6s |
Table - waves today at Orakawa. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Fri morning, min 9°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||
Friday 4 | Saturday 5 | ||||||||||||||||
9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | NNW 5 | NNW 5 | NNW 6 | N 6 | NNW 6 | N 6 | N 7 | N 7 | N 7 | N 6 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 36 | 47 | 146 | 53 | 61 | 38 | 26 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off |
High Tide | 11:15PM1.76m | 11:51AM1.74m | 00:08AM1.72m | 12:47PM1.72m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 5:36AM0.17m | 6:02PM0.31m | 6:29AM0.20m | 7:00PM0.34m | |||||||||||||
 | | | |  | | |  | | | | |  | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | 6:33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:58 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 11 |
Feels °C | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 8 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNW 5 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | NNW 5 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | N 6 | N 6 | N 7 | N 7 | N 7 | N 6 | N 6 | ENE 11 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 |
| kJ | 4 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 51 | 53 | 61 | 38 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 10 | N 10 | N 10 | ENE 10 | N 10 | N 10 | E 15 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 11 | N 5 | N 5 | N 5 |
| kJ | 10 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | N 6 | — | NW 4 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNW 5 | NNW 5 | NNW 5 | — | NNW 5 | NNW 6 | N 6 | NNW 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 15 | 4 | 4 | — | 16 | 36 | 47 | 146 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 222 | 222 | 222 | 197 | 223 | 197 | 188 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 91 | 112 | 152 | 230 | 229 | 229 |
Best forecast wave conditions in The Coromandel | |||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Orakawa surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest