Orakawa surf break

Orakawa surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 20 Jan 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
22.4° C
(Which is 2.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Orakawa today?

The current surf forecast for Orakawa at 3AM is: 2.5m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)8ft (2.5m)8s
Afternoon (20 Jan)10ft (3.0m)8s
Evening (20 Jan)10ft (3.0m)8s

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

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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
3
E
3
E
3
E
3.5
ENE
3.5
ENE
3.5
ENE
3.5
ENE
3.5
ENE
3.5
ENE
3.5
ENE
4
ENE
4.5
ENE
4
ENE
3.5
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
Period(s) (?)88888888888999999991010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8658938938939621033103311081119119812951592162917511716171618471983261935893439211917601454
Wind
(km/h)
30
E
30
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
30
E
30
ESE
35
E
30
E
35
E
35
E
35
E
40
E
40
E
45
E
45
E
45
E
45
E
45
E
50
E
55
ENE
25
NNE
20
N
10
NW
25
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:18PM
1.59
8:51AM
1.73
9:01PM
1.62
9:31AM
1.77
9:44PM
1.64
10:11AM
1.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:33AM
0.26
3:05PM
0.36
3:15AM
0.23
3:47PM
0.31
3:56AM
0.21
4:29PM
0.27
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Sunrise---6:16-------6:16-------6:18----
Sunset-------8:37-------8:36-------8:36
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
thunderstorm
cloud
Rain (mm)
121332112123244551113302451-
Temp. °C191818171717181918181818181818181919202022232523
Feels °C (?)151413121213131513131312121212121313141322242722
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