Donut Island surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 11 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
20.1° C
(Which is 1.0°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 2PM is: 4.5m 13s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)13ft (4.0m)13s
Afternoon (11 Apr)15ft (4.5m)13s
Evening (11 Apr)16ft (5.0m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
0
0
!
!
0
0
0
!
!
5
2
2
3
3
2
1
0
1
1
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
ENE
4
ENE
4.5
ENE
4.5
ENE
5
ENE
5
NE
5.5
ENE
6
ENE
6.5
ENE
7
ENE
7.5
NE
5
ENE
4
NE
2
E
2.1
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.3
E
1.4
ENE
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
0.7
E
1.1
E
Period(s) (?)1313131414141413131314131211101010101010991414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4937578466637924892710330118981173213951166352037575023869987978706610367394267256217191453
Wind
(km/h)
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
40
ESE
45
ESE
45
E
45
E
50
E
50
ENE
25
WNW
35
W
40
W
30
W
20
W
10
WNW
10
NW
15
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:15PM
1.43
1:52AM
1.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:15AM
0.54
7:30PM
0.47
8:09AM
0.54
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Sunrise6:37-------6:39-------6:39-------
Sunset--5:55-------5:53-------5:52-----
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---1231341519791------11---
Temp. °C192020191920202020212120191818171920201817171716
Feels °C (?)151616151515151513152016141416161919181615161615
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