Orewa Beach surf break

Orewa Beach surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 19 Feb 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
22.1° C
(Which is 1.6°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 10AM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a North direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 19). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (19 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (19 Feb)2ft (0.6m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
NNE
0.9
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.7
N
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)11101010101010109999999999899888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1981711271258775504729292928282827272625243029242423
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
20
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
25
W
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffcross-
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
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:39AM
2.81
9:59PM
2.73
10:22AM
2.85
10:44PM
2.77
11:06AM
2.86
11:29PM
2.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:25AM
0.68
3:52PM
0.70
4:05AM
0.63
4:34PM
0.64
4:47AM
0.62
5:18PM
0.60
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
Sunrise-6:54-------6:56-------6:56------
Sunset-----8:13-------8:12-------8:10--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------1---------------
Temp. °C171819212120202019171921212018171615172021191615
Feels °C (?)151615171717181918161617161715131212131718161414
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