Orewa Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.58° S 174.70° E

Orewa Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 27 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Orewa Beach sea temperature is
15.2°C
0.5° 

Orewa Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Orewa Beach today (27 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 12s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 12s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 14s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Orewa Beach at 9PM is: 0.2m 14s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 27). 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 (27 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)12s
Afternoon (27 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)12s
Evening (27 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 15°C on Sun morning, min 10°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Sun morning, light winds from the SW by Tue night).

Sun
27
Monday
28
Tuesday
29
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
E
12
0.2
E
12
0.2
E
12
0.2
E
15
0.2
E
14
0.4
NNW
8
0.2
E
14
0.2
E
13
0.2
E
13
0.2
E
13
0.2
E
13
0.2
E
12
0.2
E
12
0.2
E
12
0.2
E
13
0.2
E
13
0.2
E
13
0.1
E
13
0.1
E
12
0.1
E
12
0.1
E
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
12
12
12
17
16
21
15
14
14
13
13
12
12
12
13
13
13
4
4
4
4
Wind (km/h)
30
W
40
WNW
35
WNW
25
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
20
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
20
SW
10
WSW
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
8:30AM2.67m
8:48PM2.76m
9:14AM2.76m
9:32PM2.81m
9:58AM2.81m
Low Tide
2:37PM0.71m
2:59AM0.65m
3:20PM0.64m
3:43AM0.57m
4:03PM0.60m
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
light rain
part cloud
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
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7:21
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4
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1
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Temp °C
14
15
15
12
10
11
11
11
12
13
13
12
12
12
12
11
13
14
14
13
12
Feels °C
8
8
8
7
5
5
6
6
6
7
7
6
8
7
8
7
8
9
8
9
9
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