Orakawa surf break

Orakawa surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 16 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
19.9° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Orakawa today?

The current surf forecast for Orakawa at 1AM is: 0.2m 7s primary swell from a North direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)14s
Afternoon (17 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)13s
Evening (17 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
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
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
E
0.2
NNW
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.6
N
1.1
N
1.3
N
1.3
N
1.4
N
1.7
N
1.9
N
2.2
N
3
N
2.5
N
Period(s) (?)11677141414131313131212125666677888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)944416161614141313121211167211212414825037158811211014
Wind
(km/h)
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
10
W
10
W
15
W
15
W
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NNW
30
N
30
N
30
N
30
N
30
N
25
NNW
35
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:51PM
1.70
6:08AM
1.81
6:41PM
1.80
6:57AM
1.87
7:30PM
1.89
7:46AM
1.91
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:59PM
0.26
12:28PM
0.12
12:50AM
0.19
1:17PM
0.04
1:41AM
0.13
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise------6:43-------6:43-------6:45-
Sunset5:49-------5:46-------5:45-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
------------------122121
Temp. °C181514141314161818161414141416191918171817171820
Feels °C (?)12910111112141516141213131214141414131514121517
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