Donut Island surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 16 Oct 2025 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
15.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Donut Island today?

The current surf forecast for Donut Island at 12PM is: 0.2m 11s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Afternoon (16 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Evening (16 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)11s

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

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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.3
NE
0.2
ENE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.6
NE
0.7
NE
0.2
E
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.3
NE
0.5
N
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
Period(s) (?)1011111111711111177744117881717841515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11111111117119999813179999282912122221
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
15
WSW
15
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
SSE
5
SE
5
ESE
5
ENE
15
N
15
N
10
NW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
NNW
15
N
20
NNW
15
NW
5
W
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:53AM
1.59
3:29PM
1.69
3:58AM
1.56
4:29PM
1.67
4:59AM
1.56
5:23PM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:06AM
0.32
9:49PM
0.37
10:08AM
0.36
10:49PM
0.37
11:06AM
0.38
11:43PM
0.34
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
Sunrise-6:31-------6:30-------6:28------
Sunset-----7:32-------7:34-------7:35--
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111115191915121110101416171513121111151818171312
Feels °C (?)881115141099891215141211111011151514151211
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Coromandel

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still offshore at Donut Island (moderate winds from the SW at Waihi 27 km from Donut Island). 0.2m 8s swell from the NE with a 0.2m 10s swell from the ENE and a 0.2m 6s windswell from the NNE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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27 km away, 1 h 16 min ago

24 km/h
SW
0.0
15.9
Air / Water (°C)
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