Orewa Beach surf break

Orewa Beach surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 04 Mar 2026 NZDT
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Orewa Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Orewa Beach sea temperature is
21.9° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Orewa Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Orewa Beach at 3AM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 04). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Afternoon (04 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (04 Mar)1ft (0.3m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.5
NE
0.6
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.5
NE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.4
NE
0.3
NNE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.3
E
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.3
N
0.4
NE
Period(s) (?)111010101010101414149139813131311121212121412
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)121129129576537443736362035191834333321302914283635
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
15
S
15
S
20
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
W
10
SW
5
S
5
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:29PM
2.79
8:49AM
2.92
9:16PM
2.83
9:33AM
2.92
10:01PM
2.83
10:15AM
2.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:40AM
0.56
3:07PM
0.61
3:23AM
0.54
3:49PM
0.59
4:03AM
0.57
4:29PM
0.60
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise----7:07-------7:09-------7:09---
Sunset-------7:57-------7:54-------7:53
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161514141417191615151515161921181616151517202019
Feels °C (?)10109101013151213141415151718151415141516191917
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