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Oreti Beach

Southland, New Zealand

Oreti Beach 1 photo

  • Oreti Beach

    Oreti Beach. Verodemortillet, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source

Today at a glance

Calmest: 8 pm to sunset, sunset 8:25 pm
7 am
4.1
12 km/h8 mph wind, Fair
8 am
4.1
14 km/h8 mph wind, Fair
9 am
5.1
11 km/h7 mph wind, Fair
10 am
5.8
4 km/h2 mph wind, Good
11 am
5.8
5 km/h3 mph wind, Good
12 pm
5.9
12 km/h7 mph wind, Good
1 pm
5.6
17 km/h11 mph wind, Good
2 pm
5.1
21 km/h13 mph wind, Fair
3 pm
4.4
24 km/h15 mph wind, Fair
4 pm
3.7
27 km/h17 mph wind, Poor
5 pm
3.5
29 km/h18 mph wind, Poor
6 pm
3.5
28 km/h17 mph wind, Poor
7 pm
3.7
24 km/h15 mph wind, Poor
Now
4.4
21 km/h13 mph wind, Fair

This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.

Where to stay near the beach

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Forecast, hour by hour

Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
15°C59°F
Water
14°C57°F
Wind
2113 km/hmph W
Gusts
3119 km/hmph
Waves
1.8 m6 ft
UV
1 low
Tide
rising
Rain
0%
Sunset
8:25 pm
Today
4.1Fair7 am128
4.1Fair8 am148
5.1Fair9 am117
5.8Good10 am42
5.8Good11 am53
5.9Good12 pm127
5.6Good1 pm1711
5.1Fair2 pm2113
4.4Fair3 pm2415
3.7Poor4 pm2717
3.5Poor5 pm2918
3.5Poor6 pm2817
3.7Poor7 pm2415
4.4FairNow2113
Sat
5.1Fair7 am2113
5.0Fair8 am2214
4.6Fair9 am2616
4.6Fair10 am2717
4.5Fair11 am2918
4.5Fair12 pm3019
4.6Fair1 pm2918
4.6Fair2 pm2918
4.2Fair3 pm3320
4.0Fair4 pm3522
3.6Poor5 pm3321
3.1Poor6 pm3220
3.6Poor7 pm2918
3.2Poor8 pm2717
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide rising now. High at 11 pm, 1.1 m. Low at 5 am, -0.8 m. High at 12 pm, 1.1 m. Low at 6 pm, -0.8 mHigh 11 pm, 1.1 m4 ftLow 5 am, -0.8 m3 ftHigh 12 pm, 1.1 m4 ftLow 6 pm, -0.8 m2 ftNow2 am8 am2 pm8 pm
  • High 11 pm, 1.1 m4 ft
  • Low 5 am, -0.8 m3 ft
  • High 12 pm, 1.1 m4 ft
  • Low 6 pm, -0.8 m2 ft

Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.

The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

  • Sun3.3 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 36 km/h23 mph, rain 41%
  • Mon2.5 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 48 km/h30 mph, rain 100%
  • Tue2.0 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 55 km/h34 mph, rain 76%
  • Wed1.9 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 45 km/h28 mph, rain 90%
  • Thu0.7 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 52 km/h32 mph, rain 97%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

About Oreti Beach

Oreti Beach is a beach in Southland, New Zealand, covering an area of 3,525,777 square meters. It is 25,980 meters long and located 10 kilometers from Invercargill Airport. North Beach is nearby, situated 12,518 meters away.

From Wikipedia

Oreti Beach is the central bay of three lying on the Foveaux Strait coast of Southland, New Zealand, the others being Te Waewae Bay and Toetoes Bay. Twenty-six kilometres in length, the bay lies between the town of Riverton and the outflow of the Aparima River in the northwest, and the estuary of the Ōreti River in the southeast.

The city of Invercargill is located on the Waihopai River ten kilometres east of the bay at the closest point.

Source: Oreti Beach on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0; text may have been shortened. Retrieved Oct 19, 2026. Data sources

Facilities

We do not have facility details for this beach yet.

Getting there

Nearest airport
10 km6 miInvercargill Airport (IVC)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

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