Orewa Beach surf break

Orewa Beach surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 18 Oct 2025 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
16.3° C
(Which is 1.2°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: 0.2m 18s primary swell from a North direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 18). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)18s
Afternoon (18 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)18s
Evening (18 Oct)1ft (0.3m)16s

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

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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
N
0.3
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
Period(s) (?)181818181817161616161616161414171717161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)255524242453474545462020453436525250464645444342
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NNW
10
W
5
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
20
W
15
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:38AM
2.51
6:02PM
2.64
6:34AM
2.56
6:50PM
2.67
7:23AM
2.61
7:34PM
2.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:50AM
0.89
12:21AM
0.85
12:42PM
0.87
1:07AM
0.83
1:27PM
0.84
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
Sunrise-6:33-------6:33-------6:31------
Sunset-----7:38-------7:39-------7:40--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C121114171816151414141619191715151515171919171515
Feels °C (?)111013161613141212121316151514141414151616141413
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Auckland

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Orewa Beach (light winds from the WNW at Auckland 9 km from Orewa Beach). 0.3m 2s local chop from the NNW with a 0.2m 8s swell from the NE and a 0.1m 4s local chop from the E as well as a 0.1m 17s long period groundswell from the N. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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6 km/h
WNW
Clean
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