Orakawa surf break

Orakawa surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 01 Dec 2025 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
20.8° C
(Which is 3.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Orakawa today?

The current surf forecast for Orakawa at 5AM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 1.0m 8s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am December 01). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Dec)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (01 Dec)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (01 Dec)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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

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Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ENE
1.6
NNW
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.9
N
1.8
N
1.7
N
1.8
N
1.4
NNE
Period(s) (?)9710101010101010101010101010999967777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)146219167163163167170127127127125969694969288616062349311330220
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
20
WNW
25
W
20
W
20
WSW
10
WNW
15
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
S
5
E
10
E
5
E
5
E
5
SSE
5
SE
5
SE
15
NNW
15
N
20
NNE
25
N
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffglasscross-
on
onglassglassglasscross-
on
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:29AM
1.57
3:48PM
1.71
4:29AM
1.65
4:45PM
1.76
5:27AM
1.75
5:43PM
1.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:16PM
0.30
9:33AM
0.37
10:12PM
0.23
10:34AM
0.33
11:08PM
0.15
11:35AM
0.28
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Sunrise---5:48-------5:48-------5:48----
Sunset-------8:20-------8:21-------8:22
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
11-------------11--34313
Temp. °C202019171923242116151415171918171717181818191919
Feels °C (?)211916141621211915141314161818181818201718181716
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