Orakawa surf break

Orakawa surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 06 Mar 2026 NZDT
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Orakawa surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Orakawa sea temperature is
20.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Orakawa today?

The current surf forecast for Orakawa at 11AM is: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 06). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Mar)1ft (0.3m)12s
Afternoon (06 Mar)1ft (0.3m)12s
Evening (06 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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


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Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Mon
09
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.2
E
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
E
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
Period(s) (?)13121212121212131313914991013999912111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)252423232237398083601916191932311414141435333130
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
N
10
N
10
NW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SW
10
NE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NW
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
SW
5
NNE
10
NNE
15
N
15
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:43AM
1.85
10:08PM
1.78
10:24AM
1.81
10:50PM
1.75
11:05AM
1.75
11:33PM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:33AM
0.17
4:00PM
0.14
4:17AM
0.20
4:41PM
0.16
4:59AM
0.25
5:21PM
0.21
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Mon
09
Sunrise--7:03-------7:05-------7:05-----
Sunset-----7:49-------7:47-------7:45--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C131215192121151413121518191917151514172021201614
Feels °C (?)121014192020121212111517161816151514172020191312
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