Orakawa 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 37.39° S 175.94° E

Issued: 12 am 10 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Orakawa sea temperature is

15.5°C

Orakawa surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Orakawa today (10 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Orakawa at 8AM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (10 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	8s
Afternoon (10 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	8s
Evening (10 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Warm (max 21°C on Sun afternoon, min 14°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.
	Saturday 10								Sunday 11								Monday 12
	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	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	74	74	57	57	57	57	57	57	59	64	65	64	54	54	52	52	51	51	52	42	41	39	39	37
Wind (km/h)	SE	SSE	S	SSE	ESE	NNW	N	NNW	NW	WNW	NNW	NNW	NW	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WSW	ENE	N	N	NNE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	glassy	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	glassy	glassy	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	glassy	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	glassy
High Tide				7:02AM1.74m				7:21PM1.81m				7:50AM1.78m				8:06PM1.81m				8:36AM1.81m				8:50PM1.79m
Low Tide	00:52AM0.18m					1:12PM0.23m				1:40AM0.14m				2:00PM0.22m				2:24AM0.13m				2:46PM0.22m


	—	6:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:29	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	—	—	2	—	2	—	—	1	—	—
Temp °C	15	14	14	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	15	18	21	18	16	16	15	15	15	16	17	17	15
Feels °C	15	13	13	15	15	15	15	14	13	14	14	15	18	20	16	16	16	14	16	16	16	16	17	16
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 7
kJ	74	74	57	57	57	57	57	57	59	64	65	64	54	54	52	52	51	51	52	42	41	39	39	37
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NNE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NNE 11	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	N 10	N 3	N 4	N 4	N 4	N 4	N 4	N 4	N 5	N 5	NNE 9	N 5	N 5
kJ	11	5	5	12	5	5	11	11	11	10	10	2	1	3	6	6	4	4	4	4	2	8	2	2
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	—	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 9	NNE 10	N 9	N 10	NNE 10	—	NNE 10	NNE 9	NNE 9	N 15	—	E 15
kJ	2	2	2	2	2	—	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	10	2	8	10	—	9	9	8	4	—	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	ESE 2	ESE 3	—	—	N 2	N 3	NNW 3	NNW 3	N 3	NNE 4	NNW 3	—	N 4	—	—	N 5	—	—	—	N 5	NNW 5	—
kJ	—	—	1	2	—	—	1	3	3	3	2	2	4	—	15	—	—	11	—	—	—	2	5	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Waihi Beach Bay of Plenty	Waihi Beach Bay of Plenty	Waihi Beach Bay of Plenty	Waihi Beach Bay of Plenty	Whiritoa Coromandel	Whiritoa Coromandel	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Whiritoa Coromandel	Waihi Beach Bay of Plenty	Waihi Beach Bay of Plenty	Waihi Beach Bay of Plenty	Waihi Beach Bay of Plenty	Homunga Bay Coromandel	Waihi Beach Bay of Plenty	Waihi Beach Bay of Plenty	Waihi Beach Bay of Plenty	Waihi Beach Bay of Plenty	Waihi Beach Bay of Plenty	Waihi Beach Bay of Plenty	Waihi Beach Bay of Plenty	Port Waikato-Sunset beach Raglan and West Waikato	Papatea Bay East Cape	Port Waikato-Sunset beach Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan - Ngarunui Beach Raglan and West Waikato
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	3	2
Distance (km)	2	2	2	2	13	13	21	13	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	109	171	109	109
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	5	5	4	3	3	1	4	4	4	4	3	3	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	7	8	9	4	9	8	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	6

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