Orakawa Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.39° S 175.94° E

Orakawa 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 27 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Orakawa sea temperature is
14.1°C
0.3° 

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 (28 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 5s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 5s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 5s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Orakawa at 1AM is: 0.6m 4s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm August 27). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)5s
Afternoon (28 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)5s
Evening (28 Aug)3ft (0.9m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 27mm), heaviest during Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 15°C on Thu afternoon, min 10°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the N on Sat morning, fresh winds from the WSW by Sun morning).

Thu
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 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
1
3
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
NE
10
0.1
N
12
0.4
NE
3
0.6
ENE
4
1.1
ENE
5
0.8
ENE
5
0.8
ENE
5
0.7
N
4
0.7
N
5
0.7
N
5
0.9
N
5
0.9
N
5
1.2
N
5
1.2
N
6
1.2
N
6
1
NNE
6
1.5
N
7
1.9
N
8
2.1
N
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
4
4
4
10
57
35
27
18
22
23
41
43
83
95
109
88
214
408
537
Wind (km/h)
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
15
N
15
NNW
20
N
20
N
20
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
10
N
15
NE
15
NNW
10
WSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
off
High Tide
6:20PM1.66m
6:35AM1.58m
7:02PM1.72m
7:19AM1.63m
7:42PM1.76m
Low Tide
00:34AM0.39m
12:46PM0.29m
1:17AM0.32m
1:29PM0.25m
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:43
6:41
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:51
5:51
5:52
 mm
1
1
1
2
3
9
8
Temp °C
15
13
13
13
14
14
13
15
15
13
13
13
13
13
13
14
14
14
13
Feels °C
13
11
11
9
11
12
10
10
11
9
11
11
11
12
13
13
12
13
12
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Orakawa surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest