Nazare Big Wave Challenge Gets Yellow Alert, Could Run Saturday in Giant Waves
70-foot plus waves predicted for Portuguese big wave tow surfing competition.
Surf Forecasts:
Orakawa surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 12 Dec 2025 NZDTForecast 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
20.9° C
(Which is 2.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Orakawa today?
The current surf forecast for Orakawa at 11AM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am December 12). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (12 Dec) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (12 Dec) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 8s |
| Evening (12 Dec) | 3ft (0.9m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Orakawa. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Friday 12 | Saturday 13 | Sunday 14 | Mon 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | |
Rating (10 max) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 160 | 181 | 156 | 112 | 129 | 126 | 109 | 123 | 90 | 62 | 68 | 57 | 63 | 43 | 51 | 68 | 113 | 57 | 42 | 42 | 44 | 62 | 75 | 75 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | off | off | off | cross- off | off | cross- on | on | cross | cross | cross | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross- off | glass | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on |
High Tide / height (m) | 1:09AM 1.64 | 1:36PM 1.76 | 2:06AM 1.58 | 2:28PM 1.68 | 3:03AM 1.54 | 3:19PM 1.62 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 7:16AM 0.27 | 7:56PM 0.28 | 8:10AM 0.36 | 8:49PM 0.32 | 9:04AM 0.44 | 9:40PM 0.35 | ||||||||||||||||||
Friday 12 | Saturday 13 | Sunday 14 | Mon 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | 5:48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:48 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 8:30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:30 | - | - |
 |  | | |  |  |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | |
Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 15 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 |
| Feels °C (?) | 12 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 |
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
Latest Updates
Buy Less, Surf More This Black Friday
Surf-forecast is providing a free, all-access pass to our premium features and 12-day forecasts all weekend.
Quiksilver Teams Up With PrimaLoft® For World’s First Thermal Layering System for a Wetsuit.
Previously used in our snow jackets for mountain conditions, PrimaLoft® technology is making its debut in the surf industry. The aim is to bring mountain-grade warmth to the waves.
Vancouver Island’s Day Of Days With Reed Platenius
Surf-Forecast recently helped the 21-year-old Canadian pro surfer and adventurer score some cold water perfection at home.
Read more
Discover more articles and updates in the Greenroom.
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Orakawa surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest