Orakawa surf break

Orakawa surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 05 Mar 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 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Orakawa today?

The current surf forecast for Orakawa at 4PM is: 0.3m 13s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)1ft (0.3m)13s
Afternoon (05 Mar)1ft (0.3m)13s
Evening (05 Mar)1ft (0.3m)13s

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


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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
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
0.5
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.2
E
0.3
NNE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
E
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
Period(s) (?)13131313131313121212121212131313914139101399
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)282727272726252423232237395883601916311932311414
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
10
ENE
10
NNE
10
N
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
0
NW
5
N
10
NW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
10
NE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoncross-
on
crossoffoffoffoffoffglasscrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossoffcross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:59AM
1.87
9:23PM
1.78
9:43AM
1.85
10:08PM
1.78
10:24AM
1.81
10:50PM
1.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:17PM
0.14
3:33AM
0.17
4:00PM
0.14
4:17AM
0.20
4:41PM
0.16
4:59AM
0.25
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise--------7:03-------7:05-------
Sunset---7:51-------7:49-------7:47----
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151719191613131215202221161413121619201917161515
Feels °C (?)151617181411121014202120141212111618181816161515
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