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Donut Island surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 18 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
21.9° C
 (Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Donut Island today?

The current surf forecast for Donut Island at 12AM is: 1.9m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)--
Afternoon (19 Jan)6ft (1.8m)8s
Evening (19 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.8
E
2
E
2.1
E
2.2
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.4
E
2.2
E
2.3
E
2.5
E
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)888889999999899998899998
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)396367450552632676676631692708708754851101711191171899708754930892913892936
Wind
(km/h)
30
ESE
30
ESE
35
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
E
35
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:33PM
1.57
8:08AM
1.68
8:17PM
1.59
8:50AM
1.73
9:00PM
1.62
9:30AM
1.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:49AM
0.30
2:21PM
0.41
2:33AM
0.26
3:06PM
0.36
3:15AM
0.23
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise-----6:15-------6:16-------6:18--
Sunset-8:37-------8:37-------8:36------
cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--1------11455111-------
Temp. °C181917181818181920191818181818181919191818181920
Feels °C (?)131411131313131516151414151415151614151414141514
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