Orewa Beach surf break

Orewa Beach surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 16 Jul 2025 NZST
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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
15.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Orewa Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Orewa Beach at 11AM is: 0.3m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 16). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jul)1ft (0.3m)11s
Afternoon (16 Jul)1ft (0.3m)11s
Evening (16 Jul)1ft (0.3m)10s

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

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Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Wednesday
23
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.5
NE
0.8
ENE
1.1
ESE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.5
N
0.4
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
ESE
0.7
E
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)10111111111110109447777877710101212111111111111111010101010101010101010101010101111111213121212121212129911
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)70544040373724245530981171058373453519201411221628262625131314141327242828232925242526261613232628537799928689121117116149121193
Wind
(km/h)
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
15
WSW
10
WNW
5
N
10
ENE
20
NE
30
E
5
SE
0
W
5
S
25
SSW
30
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
S
15
SSW
15
S
5
SW
10
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
WSW
20
SSW
15
SW
20
SSW
15
S
15
S
30
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:15AM
2.67
11:40PM
2.80
12:03PM
2.66
12:29AM
2.77
12:53PM
2.64
1:20AM
2.72
1:48PM
2.61
2:16AM
2.66
2:51PM
2.59
3:18AM
2.62
4:01PM
2.60
4:23AM
2.60
5:09PM
2.66
5:28AM
2.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:09AM
0.70
5:18PM
0.71
5:57AM
0.69
6:09PM
0.77
6:47AM
0.70
7:07PM
0.84
7:41AM
0.70
8:09PM
0.88
8:37AM
0.70
9:12PM
0.89
9:36AM
0.70
10:15PM
0.87
10:37AM
0.69
11:19PM
0.84
11:40AM
0.66
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Wednesday
23
Sunrise--7:30-------7:28-------7:28-------7:28-------7:28-------7:26-------7:26-------7:26-
Sunset----5:23-------5:24-------5:24-------5:25-------5:27-------5:27-------5:28-------
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131314151513121213121213131010111111111314121112141212141413121111109111311101010991314131312111181012131211109911
Feels °C (?)6789111111109711131254557688879109911101198987887876671091098774379887669
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Auckland

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still offshore at Orewa Beach (light winds from the W at Auckland 9 km from Orewa Beach). 0.2m 9s swell from the NE with a 0.2m 9s swell from the NE and a 0.1m 11s groundswell from the E as well as a 0.1m 6s windswell from the N. Swells combining to make to make bigger set waves.

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W
Offshore
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