Orewa Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Reports (Auckland, New Zealand) (2024)

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(Auckland, New Zealand) Orewa Beach Surf Guide Orewa Beach Spot Info Surfing Orewa Beach: What's the best time of year to surf Orewa Beach (for consistent clean waves)? Explore Orewa Beach Location Map Orewa Beach Sea Temperature Swell History at Orewa Beach Wind History at Orewa Beach Orewa Beach Reviews: Other Nearby Breaks Closest To: Wave Buoys Nearest To Orewa Beach: FAQs References

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Orewa Beach Surf Guide

Orewa Beach in Auckland East Coast is a quite exposed beach break that only works when conditions are just right. Spring and Summer provide the favoured conditions. Ideal winds are from the west. Tends to receive distant groundswells and the best swell direction is from the northeast. The beach break provides left and right handers. Best around mid tide when the tide is rising. Unlikely to be too crowded, even when the surf is up.

Orewa Beach Spot Info

Type:	Rating:
Beach	3.7
Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
inconsistent	13.8°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Orewa Beach:

The best conditions reported for surf at Orewa Beach occur when a Northeast swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the West.

Surf Forecasts:

Hourly Forecast

12 Day Forecast

What's the best time of year to surf Orewa Beach (for consistent clean waves)?

julyBest Season: winter

The best time of year for surfing Orewa Beach with consistent clean waves (rideable swell with light / offshore winds) is during Winterand most often the month of July. Clean surfable waves are typically found 3% of the time in July while 11% of the time it tends to be blown out. For the remaining 86% of the time it is considered too small by mostsurfers but may still be OK for beginners and groms at times.

clean

Surfable waves that hold up well for longer rides in prevailing cross-offshore, offshore or light wind conditions.

blown out

11%

Surfable sized waves that are of poorer quality due to prevailing onshore, cross-onshore or windy conditions (may be preferable for kitesurfing).

Explore Orewa Beach Location Map

Interactive Orewa Beach 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. The closest passenger airport to Orewa Beach is Auckland International Airport (AKL) in New Zealand, 48 km (30 miles) away (directly). The second nearest airport to Orewa Beach is Whangarei Airport (WRE), also in New Zealand, 95 km (59 miles) away.

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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.

Orewa Beach Surf Forecasts:

Hourly Forecast

12 Day Forecast

Todays Surf SummarySaturday, 27 July 2024, 02:05 Local Time m, °C Saturday 27ft, °F 3AM6AM9AM12PM Wave (m) 0.1NE 0.1NE 0.1NE 0.2NNE Period (s) 9 10 10 10 Wind (km/h) 5 5 5 Wind State glass glass glass on

What does Orewa Beach look like?Latest photos from Orewa Beach. Upload your own or view all photos on the gallery page.

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Tides at Orewa Beach Current tide and informaton For Weiti River, New Zealand, 8 km from Orewa Beach.Next High Water: 11:56am | 2.82mNext Low Water: 05:45am | 0.54mNEXTIS AT (local time)remaininghigh tidelow tide

Orewa Beach Sea Temperature

The water temperature (13.8 °C) at Orewa Beach 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.Current Temp*: 13.8°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellitewater-tempView Sea Temp Map

Swell History at Orewa Beach

Surf stats for Orewa Beach, see the swell variation by month or season on the history page here.

Average Swell

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Wind History at Orewa Beach

Wind stats for Orewa Beach, see the variation in direction and stength by month or season on the history page here.

Average Wind

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Orewa Beach Reviews:

Interactive Porthcawl Point location map. View nearby buoy information, live wind conditions and surrounding roads, paths and locations to help find new breaks. Click the buoys or wind icon to view more information.

Ratings

Based on 48 votes.

Overall:3.7
Quality on a good day:3.3
Consistency of Surf:2.5
Difficulty Level:2.3
Wind and Kite Surfing:3.9
Crowds:2.8
...

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Review

Impartial reviews submitted by Surf-Forecast users.

Shaggy from New Zealand

“The wave is quite fat at all tides and only gets really good on a tropical cyclone although the odd ground swell pushes in there. there is a good little sand bar at the rivermouth that gives good long rides for longboards and short boards the etiquette here isnt very good and there a lots of beginner/intermediates out there who like to drop in but if your a vocal dude they will stay off your wave longboarders and sups tend to wave hog but sups get dropped in on left right and centre just like any other beach so if your a sup i would reccomend steering clear of the bar and finding a another bank along the beach the bar paddle out is quite long but the waves are fairly soft so shouldnt be a problem for most surfers if you cant make the drive up to futher spots like tawharanui or mangawhai this place is a good compromise
despite how the site says summer and spring are the best times its actually better during cyclone season from march to the end of autumn and winter”

Other Nearby Breaks Closest To:

Discover surf breaks near Orewa Beach. Click below to view there surf guides.

Red Beach
- Beach
- 3.9
Reliability: inconsistent
4km away
Fishermans Reef
- Reef
- 2.2
Reliability: rarely breaks
7km away
Long Bay Reef
- Reef
- 2.6
Reliability: rarely breaks
13km away
Browns Bay Bar
- River
- 3.9
Reliability: rarely breaks
16km away
Takapuna-North Reef
- Beach
- 3.3
Reliability: inconsistent
18km away

Wave Buoys Nearest To Orewa Beach:

Closest Wave BuoyBream Bay Buoy49 mi
Second closest Wave BuoyBay of Plenty Buoy131 mi
Third closest Wave BuoyGolden Bay Buoy300 mi
Fourth closest Wave BuoyTory East Head Buoy321 mi
Fifth closest Wave BuoyFairway Beacon333 mi

Orewa Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Reports (Auckland, New Zealand) (2024)

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The best conditions reported for surf at Orewa Beach occur when a Northeast swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the West.

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What are the best hours to surf? ›

Research has shown, in general, most surfers believe the best time for surfing begins about an hour after low tide and lasts until an hour before high tide. This provides at least four hours of excellent surfing time, probably more, which is enough for most surfers.

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What tide level is best for surfing? ›

Not necessarily — it depends on where you plan to surf. High tides are great if you're headed towards a reef break. The only exception is if it's near a bluff, in which case the waves rarely break before hitting land. Conversely, medium to low tides are better if you're surfing near a beach break.

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