Orewa Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.58° S 174.70° E

Orewa Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 01 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Orewa Beach sea temperature is
14.6°C
0.3° 

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 (02 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 11s period with NE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 10s period with NE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 10s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Orewa Beach at 12AM is: 0.1m 9s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 01). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)11s
Afternoon (02 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)10s
Evening (02 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu afternoon, min 11°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds.

Thu
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
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
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
N
12
0.1
N
11
0.1
N
11
0.1
N
11
0.1
N
11
0.1
NE
11
0.1
NE
11
0.1
NE
10
0.1
NE
10
0.1
NE
10
0.1
NE
10
0.1
N
12
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
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3
3
3
3
3
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
6
9
8
8
16
16
Wind (km/h)
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
15
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
11:54PM2.75m
12:21PM2.79m
00:47AM2.69m
1:14PM2.73m
Low Tide
5:38PM0.66m
6:02AM0.56m
6:33PM0.73m
6:55AM0.62m
7:34PM0.80m
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
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Temp °C
16
14
12
12
11
11
12
15
14
12
12
12
12
12
14
16
16
14
13
Feels °C
13
11
10
11
9
9
9
11
9
9
10
9
9
10
11
13
13
12
12
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