Orewa Beach surf break

Orewa Beach surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 19 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
19.6° C
(Which is 1.1°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 6PM is: 1.4m 8s primary swell from a North direction and 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Afternoon (19 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Evening (19 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
2
1
1
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
N
1.2
N
1
N
1.4
N
1.4
N
1.2
N
1.2
N
1.5
N
1.8
N
1.2
N
1.1
N
1.1
N
1.1
N
1
N
0.9
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.4
ENE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)8878777788887777777711111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)19316310921721214715523035816914214213410889696664494840615855
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
NNE
15
NNW
10
W
10
N
10
NNW
20
NW
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
W
5
W
5
WSW
5
S
10
S
10
S
15
SSW
25
SW
30
S
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
offcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:31AM
2.87
9:00PM
2.94
9:22AM
2.87
9:50PM
2.95
10:14AM
2.83
10:42PM
2.91
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:42PM
0.40
3:08AM
0.49
3:31PM
0.38
3:59AM
0.52
4:22PM
0.41
4:55AM
0.58
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise6:48-------6:50-------6:50-------
Sunset--5:50-------5:49-------5:47-----
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---1122--122------------
Temp. °C161920151415151315171615141313131416151212121313
Feels °C (?)1618181413141211131515141312121112131055578
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