Donut Island surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 09 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 9AM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 1.1m 7s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Afternoon (09 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)15s
Evening (09 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)17s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
4
3
2
2
3
3
0
2
1
2
2
0
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0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1
NNE
1
NNE
1.3
E
1
NNE
1.1
NNE
1.3
NNE
1.2
NNE
1.2
NNE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1.5
NE
2
NE
2.2
NE
3
ENE
3.5
ENE
4
ENE
4.5
ENE
5
NE
5
NE
5.5
ENE
5.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)991014159171616151515141313131313131414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)340356356400411276608627806592584773776778131915832715357647886967983910647102609670
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
E
5
NE
10
N
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
ESE
5
SSE
10
SE
15
ESE
15
SE
10
SE
20
E
25
ESE
25
SE
30
SE
30
ESE
35
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
40
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglassglassglasscross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:36AM
1.52
12:10AM
1.57
12:23PM
1.47
12:59AM
1.53
1:15PM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:38AM
0.46
5:53PM
0.40
6:25AM
0.51
6:40PM
0.44
7:15AM
0.54
7:30PM
0.47
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise--6:35-------6:37-------6:37-----
Sunset----5:59-------5:57-------5:55---
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light rain
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light rain
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171617201919181818181919191819181718191819192020
Feels °C (?)181718212120192020192019181817151314141314151615
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