Orakawa surf break

Orakawa surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 28 Feb 2026 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
22.0° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Orakawa today?

The current surf forecast for Orakawa at 5PM is: 1.1m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 28). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (28 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)7s
Evening (28 Feb)5ft (1.5m)8s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.2
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.9
SE
0.6
NE
0.8
NE
1
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
NE
Period(s) (?)577877766666667777571010109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)371341341832523102251491038571584749495051413933110185208147
Wind
(km/h)
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
ENE
10
ENE
20
NE
20
ENE
15
E
10
E
10
E
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
20
S
20
SSE
5
E
10
SW
20
S
20
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
oncross-
on
crossoffoffoffoffcross-
off
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:52PM
1.64
5:33AM
1.74
5:55PM
1.66
6:31AM
1.79
6:53PM
1.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:44AM
0.37
11:09PM
0.25
11:49AM
0.33
12:11AM
0.22
12:49PM
0.28
1:08AM
0.19
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise-------6:58--------7:00-------
Sunset---7:58-------7:55-------7:54----
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171919191818171717181919171614131415171915121010
Feels °C (?)14161719151515161617181916151212101015169656
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