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Orakawa surf break

Orakawa surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 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 1AM is: 1.0m 7s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm 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)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
N
1.5
N
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
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.7
SE
0.8
ESE
Period(s) (?)88877888881111101011111111666555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)307263118117114898475806284112102104108828256678361412728
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
15
NNW
10
WNW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
SSW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffoffoffglassoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
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
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise------6:47-------6:48-------6:48-
Sunset5:43-------5:42-------5:40-------
part cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-21-----1---------------
Temp. °C181615141313141617141112111111141513111112101214
Feels °C (?)15141413121213151611787669976666810
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