Orewa Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.58° S 174.70° E

Orewa Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 02 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Orewa Beach sea temperature is
14.8°C
0.0° 

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 (03 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 16s period with N swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with NNE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 9s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for Orewa Beach at 2AM is: 0.1m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 02). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)16s
Afternoon (03 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Evening (03 Oct)1ft (0.3m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 27mm), heaviest during Sat night. Very mild (max 16°C on Sat morning, min 11°C on Sun morning). Mainly fresh winds.

Fri
2
Saturday
3
Sunday
4
4 PM
7 PM
10 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
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
NE
10
0.1
NE
10
0.1
NE
10
0.1
NE
10
0.1
N
12
0.1
NE
13
0.2
NNE
10
0.2
NNE
9
0.2
NNE
9
0.3
NNE
9
0.3
NNE
9
0.3
NNE
9
0.4
NNE
9
1.5
ENE
5
2.4
E
7
3
E
8
2.5
E
8
2.4
E
8
2.1
E
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
4
4
4
4
4
6
9
8
8
16
16
16
26
96
495
869
796
663
483
Wind (km/h)
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
15
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SE
35
E
35
E
30
E
35
E
30
E
30
E
Wind State
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
glassy
on
on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
00:47AM2.69m
1:14PM2.73m
1:42AM2.62m
2:12PM2.67m
Low Tide
6:33PM0.73m
6:55AM0.62m
7:34PM0.80m
7:53AM0.70m
8:37PM0.85m
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
—
—
—
—
6:54
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:54
—
—
—
—
—
—
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
—
7:24
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:24
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:25
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
5
9
4
5
2
—
—
Temp °C
14
13
12
12
12
13
14
16
15
14
13
13
13
12
12
11
12
12
13
Feels °C
10
10
9
10
9
9
10
12
11
11
11
12
13
5
5
5
5
5
7
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Orewa Beach surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest