Otakaha Stream Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(The Wairarapa, New Zealand)

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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. Ideal winds are from the northeast and there is no shelter here from cross shore breezes. Easily blown out by an onshore breeze Waves just as likely from local windswells as from distant groundswells and the ideal swell direction is from the south. The beach breaks offer lefts and rights. Rarely crowded here.

Otakaha Stream Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Beach	2	fairly consistent	14.4°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.

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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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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
Monday, 4 May 2026, 18:20 Local Time

m, °C	Monday 04			Tue
ft, °F	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Wave (m)	S	S	S	S
Period (s)	9	9	9	9
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off

Tides at Otakaha Stream

Current tide and informaton

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

Next High Water: 07:21pm | 1.58m

Next Low Water: 01:52am | 0.62m

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	remaining
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Otakaha Stream Sea Temperature

The water temperature (14.4 °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 (14.0 °C) will make the air and water feel about the same temperature.

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