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 NNW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 6s period with N swell.
The current surf forecast for Orakawa at 10AM is: 0.6m 6s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 04). 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 (0.7m) | 6s |
Table - waves today at Orakawa. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Fri morning, min 8°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Friday 4 | Saturday 5 | Sunday 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 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 | NNW 5 | NNW 5 | NNW 6 | NNW 6 | NNW 6 | N 6 | N 7 | N 7 | N 7 | N 7 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | NNW 4 | ENE 9 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 10 | 10 | 16 | 35 | 50 | 142 | 38 | 43 | 33 | 25 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 8 |
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 | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross | cross |
High Tide | 11:51AM1.74m | 00:08AM1.72m | 12:47PM1.72m | 1:07AM1.68m | 1:49PM1.71m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 5:36AM0.17m | 6:02PM0.31m | 6:29AM0.20m | 7:00PM0.34m | 7:27AM0.23m | 8:02PM0.36m | |||||||||||||||||
 | |  | |  |  | | | | |  | | | | | |  |  | | | | | | |
 | — | 6:33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:30 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | 5:57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:59 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 13 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 13 |
Feels °C | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 10 | NNW 5 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | N 6 | N 6 | N 7 | N 7 | N 7 | N 7 | N 6 | N 6 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | N 4 | ENE 9 |
| kJ | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 49 | 38 | 43 | 33 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 8 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 10 | ENE 10 | N 10 | N 10 | — | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | N 5 | N 5 | N 5 | N 5 | — | — | — | — | ENE 9 | — |
| kJ | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | — | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 8 | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 3 | N 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNW 5 | — | NNW 5 | NNW 6 | NNW 6 | NNW 6 | W 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NNW 4 | NNW 4 | N 4 |
| kJ | 4 | — | 16 | 35 | 50 | 142 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 27 | 6 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 223 | 197 | 223 | 223 | 223 | 10 | 27 | 27 | 37 | 112 | 112 | 155 | 250 | 152 | 152 | 229 | 222 | 222 | 229 | 229 | 229 | 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