Orakawa surf break

Orakawa surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 02 Dec 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
20.8° C
(Which is 3.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Orakawa today?

The current surf forecast for Orakawa at 2PM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm December 02). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Dec)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Afternoon (02 Dec)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (02 Dec)2ft (0.6m)9s

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

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Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
ENE
0.6
E
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
E
0.9
NNE
1.3
N
1.1
N
1.1
NNE
1.3
NNE
1.3
NNE
1.9
N
1.7
N
1.4
N
1
N
0.8
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.5
N
0.4
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
Period(s) (?)101010999967766788999999181817
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9694986490886066149107104136137410396304165110654231616057
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
E
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
S
5
SSE
5
E
10
N
25
N
20
NW
25
W
20
WNW
15
SSW
30
WSW
35
SW
30
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrossglasscrosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:45PM
1.76
5:27AM
1.75
5:43PM
1.81
6:24AM
1.85
6:40PM
1.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:34AM
0.33
11:08PM
0.15
11:35AM
0.28
12:05AM
0.07
12:34PM
0.22
1:00AM
0.01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Sunrise-------5:48-------5:48-------5:48
Sunset---8:21-------8:22-------8:22----
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----222--4451-2---------
Temp. °C181920191919191820202020161414151719201916151717
Feels °C (?)171820202021211922201818121112101012141411111212
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