Orakawa surf break

Orakawa surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Monday 20 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
19.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Orakawa today?

The current surf forecast for Orakawa at 5AM is: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Afternoon (21 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Evening (21 Apr)2ft (0.6m)11s

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


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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
N
1
NNE
1
NNE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
NE
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.8
SE
0.3
E
Period(s) (?)87788888111110101111111111115555510
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1181171148984808062841101021021088282565640382525252516
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
10
SW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
W
5
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
S
20
S
20
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:10PM
1.98
9:27AM
1.90
10:02PM
1.97
10:21AM
1.85
10:57PM
1.93
11:17AM
1.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:25AM
0.10
3:46PM
-0.01
4:18AM
0.13
4:38PM
0.04
5:14AM
0.18
5:34PM
0.11
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise----6:47-------6:48-------6:48---
Sunset------5:42-------5:40-------5:38-
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1----11-----------------
Temp. °C151414131416161311111111121415131111111012141515
Feels °C (?)1412131213151498777778766668101111
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