Orakawa surf break

Orakawa surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
19.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Orakawa today?

The current surf forecast for Orakawa at 3PM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Afternoon (21 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Evening (21 Apr)2ft (0.6m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
NE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.6
ESE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
Period(s) (?)8888111110101111111111111010101010109444
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)84807662848110210279828281555535331919191616132518
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
10
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
25
S
25
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
25
S
20
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:27AM
1.90
10:02PM
1.97
10:21AM
1.85
10:57PM
1.93
11:17AM
1.78
11:54PM
1.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:46PM
-0.01
4:18AM
0.13
4:38PM
0.04
5:14AM
0.18
5:34PM
0.11
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise6:47-------6:48-------6:48-------
Sunset--5:42-------5:40-------5:38-----
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------------1---
Temp. °C141515131110111212141513111298101315141211910
Feels °C (?)131313108676679866446911109867
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