Orakawa Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.39° S 175.94° E

Orakawa 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 17 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Orakawa sea temperature is
15.0°C
0.4° 

Orakawa surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Orakawa today (17 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 12s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 5s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Orakawa at 10PM is: 1.0m 5s primary swell from a North direction and 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)--
Afternoon (17 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)12s
Evening (17 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 25mm), heaviest during Fri morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu afternoon, min 10°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri morning, strong winds from the WSW by Sun morning).

Thu
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
ENE
12
0.7
N
5
0.7
N
5
1.1
N
6
1.2
N
6
1.5
N
6
2
NNE
7
2.3
NNE
8
1.9
NNE
8
1.7
NNE
8
1.5
NNE
8
1.4
NE
8
1.3
NNE
8
1.3
NNE
8
1.2
NE
8
1
NE
8
0.8
NNE
8
0.8
NE
8
0.7
NE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
13
24
27
72
96
167
360
686
512
390
300
261
213
213
192
129
86
78
61
Wind (km/h)
20
N
20
N
10
N
10
N
10
NE
15
NE
5
ESE
15
N
10
N
5
WNW
10
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
W
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
on
cross-on
glassy
cross
cross-on
glassy
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
High Tide
11:13PM1.63m
11:44AM1.63m
11:59PM1.56m
12:33PM1.57m
Low Tide
5:27AM0.31m
5:54PM0.44m
6:13AM0.38m
6:42PM0.50m
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
mod rain
heavy rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
light rain
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:11
6:11
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:07
6:07
6:08
 mm
6
13
4
1
1
Temp °C
16
15
14
14
14
13
13
15
15
14
12
11
10
10
12
15
16
14
14
Feels °C
12
12
12
12
12
11
13
13
13
14
10
8
6
6
8
9
10
8
9
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