Orakawa surf break

Orakawa surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 19 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
19.6° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Orakawa today?

The current surf forecast for Orakawa at 6PM is: 1.5m 8s primary swell from a North direction and 1.1m 8s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)8s
Afternoon (19 Apr)5ft (1.6m)8s
Evening (19 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)8s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
1
2
2
0
1
3
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
NNE
1.7
NNE
1.6
N
1.5
N
1.4
N
1.6
N
1.7
NNE
2
N
2.1
N
1.8
N
1.6
N
1.1
NNE
1.1
N
1.1
NNE
1.1
N
1
N
0.9
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.8
N
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
Period(s) (?)8888888888888888777711111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)509353314266229316364446491391307155142143142115977173708482104104
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
15
NE
20
N
15
NW
0
SE
5
N
15
N
20
NNW
10
NW
15
N
15
N
10
N
5
SSW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:46AM
1.91
8:19PM
1.96
8:36AM
1.92
9:10PM
1.98
9:27AM
1.90
10:02PM
1.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:05PM
-0.02
2:33AM
0.10
2:55PM
-0.03
3:25AM
0.10
3:46PM
-0.01
4:18AM
0.13
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise6:45-------6:46-------6:47-------
Sunset--5:45-------5:43-------5:42-----
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---1--36--1311----1--1--
Temp. °C171919171516161616181814141313121417151110101010
Feels °C (?)1718171515161412151615131312121113161066655
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