Donut Island surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 14 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
21.5° C
(Which is 1.5°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 4AM is: 0.7m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)2ft (0.6m)6s
Afternoon (14 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (14 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
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
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
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
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
1
N
0.8
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.9
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
Period(s) (?)666612121212121288885555566788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)54423124373637373752171717174430423336364286125145
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
N
15
N
20
N
20
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
NNW
15
N
20
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
WSW
10
W
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrossglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:07AM
1.50
4:16PM
1.50
4:59AM
1.51
5:08PM
1.49
5:50AM
1.54
5:58PM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:43PM
0.40
10:08AM
0.55
10:34PM
0.42
11:02AM
0.56
11:25PM
0.41
11:55AM
0.54
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise---6:09-------6:11-------6:11----
Sunset-------8:38-------8:37-------8:37
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191818182223242320202020222322202019181820242424
Feels °C (?)191919202322212119202121222223212020191920242422
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