Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Orakawa today (14 Oct):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with NE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 5s period with NNW swell.
The current surf forecast for Orakawa at 11PM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (14 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (14 Oct) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 9s |
| Evening (14 Oct) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 5s |
Table - waves today at Orakawa. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 19°C on Wed afternoon, min 7°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNW on Thu morning, calm by Fri afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||||
Wed 14 | Thursday 15 | Friday 16 | |||||||||||||||||
4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | NNW 5 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | N 6 | N 6 | N 6 | N 7 | N 7 | N 8 | N 8 | NNW 7 | N 7 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 7 | SE 5 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 31 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 33 | 39 | 78 | 136 | 183 | 159 | 138 | 90 | 265 | 126 | 122 | 82 | 45 | 20 | 67 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | glassy | cross | cross |
High Tide | 10:14PM1.72m | 10:43AM1.76m | 10:56PM1.66m | 11:25AM1.70m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 4:28AM0.21m | 4:54PM0.33m | 5:09AM0.26m | 5:37PM0.38m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 7:30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:32 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 19 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 10 |
Feels °C | 18 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 3 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | N 4 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | NE 9 | NE 9 | N 7 | N 7 | N 8 | N 8 | N 7 | N 7 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 7 | N 7 |
| kJ | 31 | 31 | 9 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 23 | 23 | 183 | 159 | 138 | 90 | 102 | 126 | 122 | 82 | 45 | 16 | 8 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 3 | N 4 | ENE 9 | N 12 | N 12 | N 12 | — | E 16 | NE 10 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | NE 9 | NE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | NE 9 | ENE 10 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 |
| kJ | 2 | 5 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 3 | — | 5 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 22 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | N 13 | N 12 | — | — | — | — | — | E 16 | E 15 | E 15 | E 15 | E 15 | E 14 | E 15 | E 15 | E 14 | E 14 | E 14 |
| kJ | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 4 | NNW 4 | NNW 5 | N 5 | N 5 | N 6 | N 6 | N 6 | W 3 | W 3 | WNW 3 | NW 3 | NNW 7 | — | — | SSE 3 | SE 4 | SE 4 | SE 5 |
| kJ | 10 | 27 | 28 | 11 | 26 | 39 | 78 | 136 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 265 | — | — | 3 | 8 | 20 | 67 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 197 | 2 | 24 | 24 | 13 | 460 | 248 | 156 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 37 | 0 | 41 | 150 | 2 | 150 | 109 |
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