Orakawa surf break

Orakawa surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 27 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
21.9° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Orakawa today?

The current surf forecast for Orakawa at 10AM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 27). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Feb)1ft (0.3m)11s
Afternoon (27 Feb)1ft (0.3m)11s
Evening (27 Feb)1ft (0.3m)11s

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


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Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Mon
02
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 (?)
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.9
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
Period(s) (?)88111111111110101057788776666677
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)34302020192020393737399210996120167149103594527415454
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
ENE
15
N
10
NNW
5
ENE
10
E
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
SE
20
SE
15
E
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
E
5
E
5
ENE
5
NNE
10
NNE
5
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglassglasscross-
on
crossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononglassglasscross-
on
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:24AM
1.71
3:46PM
1.65
4:30AM
1.71
4:52PM
1.64
5:33AM
1.74
5:55PM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:37AM
0.37
10:05PM
0.25
10:44AM
0.37
11:09PM
0.25
11:49AM
0.33
12:11AM
0.22
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Mon
02
Sunrise-6:56-------6:58-------6:58------
Sunset-----7:59-------7:58-------7:55--
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------22211----------1--
Temp. °C171720222221201817171717191918181717171921201714
Feels °C (?)171721222020201716151515181916161617171920201612
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