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Orewa Beach surf break

Orewa Beach surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 16 Jan 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
22.0° C
 (Which is 2.2°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 12PM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Afternoon (16 Jan)2ft (0.6m)7s
Evening (16 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.9
NE
0.6
NNE
1.3
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.3
E
2.1
E
1.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
2
ENE
2.1
E
Period(s) (?)66677788899810109788889999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)433634424233555555971127715071257498693701608522530530586653
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
10
WNW
15
W
20
W
20
W
15
W
10
W
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SSE
10
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
30
ENE
35
E
30
E
25
E
30
E
30
E
30
E
25
E
30
E
35
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crossononononononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:35AM
2.39
6:38PM
2.33
7:21AM
2.45
7:27PM
2.38
8:04AM
2.53
8:12PM
2.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:30PM
1.10
12:43AM
1.03
1:21PM
1.06
1:36AM
0.96
2:09PM
1.00
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
Sunrise-6:18-------6:20-------6:20------
Sunset-----8:40-------8:40-------8:39--
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1-------------11--------
Temp. °C201922232322181817171920212119191918181919191919
Feels °C (?)202021202020181817172019202016141414141514151414
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