Orakawa Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.39° S 175.94° E

Orakawa 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 26 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Orakawa sea temperature is
15.1°C
0.3° 

Orakawa surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Orakawa today (27 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 12s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 7s period with NNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 7s period with NNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Orakawa at 1AM is: 0.2m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 26). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)12s
Afternoon (27 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Evening (27 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 18°C on Sun afternoon, min 8°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds.

Sat
26
Sunday
27
Monday
28
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
ESE
13
0.2
E
13
0.2
E
12
0.2
E
12
0.2
E
12
0.2
E
12
0.2
E
12
0.3
NNW
6
0.8
NNW
7
0.8
NNW
7
0.8
N
7
0.7
N
8
0.6
N
8
0.4
N
9
0.3
N
9
0.2
E
12
0.2
E
12
0.1
E
12
0.1
E
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
16
13
12
12
11
11
11
8
50
62
64
63
50
23
13
12
12
5
4
Wind (km/h)
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
25
WNW
20
WNW
30
W
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
Wind State
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
High Tide
6:24PM1.73m
6:49AM1.69m
7:07PM1.79m
7:33AM1.76m
7:49PM1.83m
Low Tide
00:42AM0.24m
12:58PM0.25m
1:25AM0.16m
1:43PM0.21m
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clear
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cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
14
13
13
13
13
13
14
17
18
12
10
9
8
10
12
14
15
12
10
Feels °C
8
9
10
10
9
10
9
11
12
6
5
4
4
5
7
8
9
6
5
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