Orakawa surf break

Orakawa surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Wednesday 08 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
20.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Orakawa today?

The current surf forecast for Orakawa at 10PM is: 1.7m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 1.3m 7s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 1.7m 7s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)--
Afternoon (08 Apr)6ft (1.9m)9s
Evening (08 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)9s

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


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Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
3
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
E
2.2
NNE
1.7
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
0.9
NNE
1
NNE
1
NNE
1
NNE
1
NNE
1
NNE
1.1
NNE
1.3
NNE
1.2
NNE
1.3
NNE
1.2
NE
1.2
NE
1.4
NE
1.6
NE
1.8
NE
2.1
NE
3.5
ENE
3.5
ENE
4.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)9899915151415181716151515141413131313131314
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5755404523803483344054004115826086277865926745975406428219741311347847086986
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNE
20
N
10
NW
5
SW
5
WSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
E
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNE
5
N
5
E
5
SSE
10
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
15
ESE
20
ESE
25
SE
30
SE
30
ESE
30
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:25PM
1.62
11:38AM
1.52
12:12AM
1.57
12:25PM
1.47
1:01AM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:08PM
0.34
5:37AM
0.46
5:52PM
0.40
6:23AM
0.51
6:39PM
0.44
7:14AM
0.54
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
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Sunset-6:00------5:58-------5:57-------
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Rain (mm)
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