Orakawa surf break

Orakawa surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 29 Nov 2025 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
20.4° C
(Which is 3.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Orakawa today?

The current surf forecast for Orakawa at 7PM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 29). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Nov)4ft (1.2m)9s
Afternoon (29 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (29 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)99999999999991010101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)232197197181181161161146146143143143146193209209209204204204158158125125
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
NNE
15
N
10
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
W
5
NW
5
NW
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
crossoffoffoffoffglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:59PM
1.65
2:30AM
1.51
2:52PM
1.67
3:29AM
1.57
3:48PM
1.71
4:29AM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:41AM
0.39
8:23PM
0.37
8:35AM
0.39
9:16PM
0.30
9:33AM
0.37
10:12PM
0.23
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Sunrise-------5:48-------5:48-------5:48
Sunset---8:17-------8:19-------8:20----
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------31-----1-----
Temp. °C202324211614141419212118181818192023222319161516
Feels °C (?)172121181312131318202019191919212223232319151417
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