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Hot Water Beach surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 18 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Hot Water Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Hot Water Beach sea temperature is
21.7° C
 (Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Hot Water Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Hot Water Beach at 8AM is: 2.0m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 17s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.2m 17s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)8s
Afternoon (18 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)8s
Evening (18 Jan)6ft (1.9m)8s

Table - waves today at Hot Water Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
ENE
2
E
2
E
2.2
E
1.9
E
1.9
E
2.4
E
2.2
E
2.5
E
2.4
E
2.5
E
2.4
E
2.3
E
2.4
E
2.4
E
2.4
E
2.3
E
2.3
E
2.4
E
2.5
E
2.4
E
2.4
E
2.4
E
2.4
E
Period(s) (?)888988888899988888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)599552589708505524779659829802919888798819819790703686728789734734743762
Wind
(km/h)
30
SE
35
SE
30
SE
30
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
E
35
E
35
E
35
E
35
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		ononcross-
on		ononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:25AM
1.64
7:34PM
1.57
8:09AM
1.69
8:18PM
1.60
8:51AM
1.74
9:01PM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:04AM
0.34
1:36PM
0.46
1:50AM
0.29
2:22PM
0.41
2:34AM
0.25
3:06PM
0.36
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
Sunrise-6:15-------6:16-------6:18------
Sunset-----8:37-------8:36-------8:36--
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
1373----11-1231--1111-11
Temp. °C171516171818191818171818181818191919191920191919
Feels °C (?)12911131414151313121313141414151515141416141514
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