Orakawa 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 37.39° S 175.94° E

Issued: 12 am 09 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Orakawa sea temperature is

15.2°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 (09 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period with ENE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Orakawa at 7AM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (09 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	8s
Afternoon (09 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	8s
Evening (09 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Sun morning, min 13°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
	Friday 9								Saturday 10								Sunday 11
	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)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	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	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 8	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 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
Wave Graph
kJ	173	169	140	136	112	109	88	86	74	74	72	72	57	59	57	57	59	62	65	64	62	52	52	51
Wind (km/h)	S	SSE	SSE	SE	E	ENE	NE	ENE	SE	SSE	SSE	SE	E	NNE	N	NNW	NW	NW	NW	N	N	W	NW	NW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	on	on	cross-on	glassy	glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	glassy	cross	off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			6:10AM1.69m				6:32PM1.79m					7:02AM1.74m				7:21PM1.81m				7:50AM1.78m				8:06PM1.81m
Low Tide	00:00AM0.24m				12:19PM0.25m				00:52AM0.18m					1:12PM0.23m				1:40AM0.14m				2:00PM0.22m


	—	6:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:28	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	3
Temp °C	15	14	14	16	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	15	14	14	13	15	18	17	15	15
Feels °C	13	12	12	14	15	15	15	16	15	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	15	17	16	14	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 8	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 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
kJ	173	169	140	136	112	109	88	86	74	74	72	72	57	59	57	57	59	62	65	64	62	52	52	51
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 11	E 7	NNE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NNE 11	NNE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NNE 11	NE 11	E 6	NNE 11	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	N 10	NNE 10	N 4	N 4	N 4
kJ	25	28	26	6	6	6	6	12	11	5	5	12	5	3	11	11	11	10	10	2	10	2	3	3
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 11	NNE 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	NE 11	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 9	N 9	N 9	—
kJ	2	13	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	5	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	NNE 2	N 3	N 3	—	NNW 2	NNW 3	NNW 3	N 4	N 4	NNW 4
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	1	—	1	2	3	7	8	5
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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	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	2	2	34	50	91	13	0	2	2	2	2	41	13	51	13	3	2	2	2	13	2	3	13
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	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	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	6	7	9	5	9	9

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