Orewa Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.58° S 174.70° E

Orewa Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 12 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Orewa Beach sea temperature is
14.3° C
0.8° 

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 (12 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Orewa Beach at 11PM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jul)--
Afternoon (12 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (12 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Very mild (max 16°C on Tue afternoon, min 11°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Sun
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
E
9
0.5
E
9
0.5
E
9
0.4
E
9
0.4
E
9
0.3
E
9
0.3
E
11
0.3
E
9
0.3
E
11
0.9
N
4
0.2
E
11
0.2
E
11
1
N
5
1.1
N
5
0.2
E
10
0.2
E
10
0.9
N
6
0.8
N
6
0.6
N
6
0.5
N
5
0.4
NNE
5
0.2
E
10
0.2
E
12
0.2
E
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
42
42
41
26
26
15
20
13
20
29
9
9
43
59
8
8
48
39
21
14
9
8
11
11
Wind (km/h)
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNE
15
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
5:20PM2.66m
5:39AM2.65m
6:20PM2.79m
6:40AM2.73m
7:14PM2.90m
7:37AM2.80m
Low Tide
11:30PM0.78m
11:52AM0.56m
00:32AM0.68m
12:54PM0.48m
1:30AM0.59m
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:31
7:31
7:30
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:21
5:22
5:22
5:22
 mm
1
3
1
Temp °C
12
12
13
13
13
13
14
14
15
14
13
13
11
13
14
15
16
14
14
13
13
13
13
15
Feels °C
10
10
10
10
10
9
11
11
12
11
10
10
8
11
13
14
14
13
13
12
12
12
12
13
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