Orakawa Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.39° S 175.94° E

Orakawa 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 26 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Orakawa sea temperature is
15.2°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 (26 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (26 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 12s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 13s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 12s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Orakawa at 4PM is: 0.2m 13s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 26). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)12s
Afternoon (26 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)13s
Evening (26 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Sun afternoon, min 7°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Sat morning, fresh winds from the WNW by Sun morning).

Sat
26
Sunday
27
Monday
28
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
E
12
0.2
E
11
0.2
ESE
13
0.2
E
13
0.2
E
12
0.2
E
12
0.2
E
12
0.2
E
12
0.2
E
12
0.3
NNW
6
0.7
NNW
6
0.7
NNW
7
0.8
N
7
0.6
N
8
0.5
N
8
0.4
N
8
0.2
E
13
0.2
E
12
0.2
E
12
0.2
E
12
0.1
E
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
10
10
16
13
12
12
11
11
11
8
37
48
66
45
34
22
13
12
12
11
4
Wind (km/h)
10
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
W
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
WSW
25
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
15
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
Wind State
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
High Tide
6:05AM1.61m
6:24PM1.73m
6:49AM1.69m
7:07PM1.79m
7:33AM1.76m
7:49PM1.83m
Low Tide
12:13PM0.31m
00:42AM0.24m
12:58PM0.25m
1:25AM0.16m
1:43PM0.21m
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clear
cloud
clear
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light rain
light rain
cloud
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cloud
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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5:56
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2
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Temp °C
11
14
14
13
12
13
13
14
14
16
17
12
10
9
7
8
11
14
14
12
10
Feels °C
9
10
9
9
8
10
9
11
10
11
11
7
5
5
4
4
6
7
8
6
5
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