Orakawa surf break

Orakawa surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 20 Feb 2026 NZDT
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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
22.0° C
(Which is 1.4°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: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 20). 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) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (20 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (20 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
E
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)1099999999999888888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)656947484847464645454442414040393837363535243626
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
15
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
ENE
15
NNE
15
N
10
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:43AM
1.85
10:05PM
1.76
10:25AM
1.87
10:50PM
1.78
11:08AM
1.87
11:37PM
1.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:31AM
0.17
4:01PM
0.15
4:15AM
0.16
4:44PM
0.11
5:00AM
0.17
5:29PM
0.10
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
Sunrise-6:50-------6:50-------6:52------
Sunset-----8:07-------8:07-------8:06--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171518222320171513111619201916141312162123201714
Feels °C (?)15131518181613101081417171615121110141719171512
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