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Orakawa surf break

Orakawa surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 09 Dec 2025 NZDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
20.0° C
(Which is 2.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)
Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Fri
12
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
3
3
1
2
3
3
4
4
3
2
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
E
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
1.2
NE
1.8
NE
2.1
NE
2.1
NE
2.1
NE
2.1
NE
2.2
NE
2.1
ENE
2.2
NE
2.1
NE
1.9
NE
1.9
NE
1.8
NE
1.6
ENE
1.6
NE
1.6
NE
Period(s) (?)12111111151413138121212111111101110101010999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14252540406388121196944125512131087104710519621031901754665612431406388
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
5
SSE
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
5
NE
5
E
10
SSE
5
SSE
10
ESE
10
E
10
NE
10
ENE
5
ESE
5
SSE
0
SSE
5
W
0
SE
10
ENE
10
NNE
5
NNW
15
WSW
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
onglasscrosscrosscross-
on
onononglassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
crossoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:56AM
1.99
11:17PM
1.79
11:50AM
1.93
12:13AM
1.71
12:43PM
1.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:37AM
0.01
5:15PM
0.13
5:30AM
0.08
6:09PM
0.18
6:23AM
0.17
7:03PM
0.23
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Fri
12
Sunrise-5:48-------5:48-------5:48------
Sunset-----8:27-------8:28-------8:29--
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171718202020181717171819202018171717202122221815
Feels °C (?)181819202020191818181819192020181918212022221712
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