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Donut Island surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 06 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Donut Island surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Donut Island sea temperature is
20.4° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Donut Island today?

The current surf forecast for Donut Island at 3AM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 06). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Afternoon (06 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Evening (06 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)16s

Table - waves today at Donut Island. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.6
ENE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.5
NE
Period(s) (?)99999988161615814141414141414141413137
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1031061061037068626162625643535353535353525129272725
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
5
W
5
WSW
5
WSW
0
ENE
10
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
10
NW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
SSW
0
ENE
10
NNE
10
NW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
5
S
5
N
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		glassglassglassoncross-
on		cross-
on		crossglasscross-
off		offglassglasscross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:10PM
1.85
9:44AM
2.00
10:04PM
1.83
10:35AM
1.97
10:56PM
1.78
11:24AM
1.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:27AM
0.01
4:04PM
0.12
4:19AM
0.04
4:55PM
0.13
5:08AM
0.10
5:45PM
0.16
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Sunrise---6:03-------6:03-------6:03----
Sunset-------8:39-------8:39-------8:39
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181716161921222119181717202223221816161620242523
Feels °C (?)181716162020212019181717202222221614141418242423
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