Surf-Forecast | Otakaha Stream Surf Guide

Lat Long: 41.55° S 175.22° E

Issued: 6 pm 01 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Otakaha Stream sea temperature is

13.7°C

Otakaha Stream surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Otakaha Stream Surf Guide

Otakaha Stream in The Wairarapa is an exposed beach break that has fairly consistent surf, although summer tends to be mostly flat. The best wind direction is from the northeast and there is no shelter here from cross shore breezes. Light onshore winds ruin the qulaity Windswells and groundswells in equal measure and the best swell direction is from the south. The beach break provides left and right handers. Even when there are waves, it's not likley to be crowded.

Otakaha Stream Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Beach	2	fairly consistent	13.7°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Otakaha Stream:

The best conditions reported for surf at Otakaha Stream occur when a South swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the Northeast.

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Explore Otakaha Stream Location Map

Interactive Otakaha Stream surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail.

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Live Wave Height (m)
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Please note that some surf spot locations are approximate to protect their exact location while others are not shown at close zoom level.

Otakaha Stream Surf Forecasts:

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Todays Surf Summary
Sunday, 1 November 2026, 23:33 Local Time

m, °C	Sun	Monday 02
ft, °F	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Wave (m)	SSW	SSW	SSW	S
Period (s)	11	11	10	10
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross	cross	cross

Tides at Otakaha Stream

Current tide and informaton

For Cape Palliser, New Zealand, 9 km from Otakaha Stream.

Next High Water: 11:49am | 1.81m

Next Low Water: 05:37am | 0.23m

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	remaining
high tide
low tide

Otakaha Stream Sea Temperature

The water temperature (13.7 °C) at Otakaha Stream is quite cool. If the sun does come out as forecast, it should feel warm enough to surf in a good sealed spring wetsuit. Some surfers would prefer to wear gloves and boots too. Effective windchill factor of (12.0 °C) will make the air and water feel about the same temperature.

Today, many surfers would wear a spring wetsuit, neoprene gloves and boots.