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Orakawa surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 11 Dec 2025 NZDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
20.9° C
(Which is 2.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Orakawa today?
The current surf forecast for Orakawa at 10PM is: 1.6m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm December 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (11 Dec) | - | - |
| Afternoon (11 Dec) | 6ft (1.8m) | 9s |
| Evening (11 Dec) | 5ft (1.6m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Orakawa. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 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 | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 519 | 469 | 413 | 331 | 160 | 181 | 156 | 112 | 129 | 126 | 107 | 113 | 91 | 63 | 66 | 41 | 63 | 61 | 70 | 116 | 137 | 76 | 64 | 55 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | cross | cross- off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | glass | on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross | cross- on | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross | cross | glass | cross- on | on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 1:09AM 1.64 | 1:36PM 1.76 | 2:06AM 1.58 | 2:28PM 1.68 | 3:03AM 1.54 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 7:16AM 0.27 | 7:56PM 0.28 | 8:10AM 0.36 | 8:49PM 0.32 | 9:04AM 0.44 | |||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 11 | Friday 12 | Saturday 13 | Sunday 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | 5:48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:48 | - | - |
| Sunset | - | 8:29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:30 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 22 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Feels °C (?) | 22 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 |
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