Kuaotunu surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 15 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Kuaotunu surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Kuaotunu sea temperature is
21.2° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Kuaotunu today?

The current surf forecast for Kuaotunu at 5AM is: 0.2m 12s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)1ft (0.3m)8s
Afternoon (15 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)5s
Evening (15 Jan)3ft (0.9m)5s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.2
NNE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.6
N
0.5
NE
0.7
N
1
N
0.8
NNE
1.1
N
0.8
NNE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
1.3
NE
1.3
ENE
Period(s) (?)12812884555555667777799999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23111311121512224935623231386062736465115112126249244
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
25
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
20
N
15
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WSW
15
W
15
NW
20
NW
15
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
10
SW
5
S
5
E
15
E
15
E
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:04AM
1.63
5:15PM
1.60
5:55AM
1.66
6:05PM
1.62
6:44AM
1.71
6:53PM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:41PM
0.45
11:10AM
0.59
11:32PM
0.44
12:03PM
0.57
12:22AM
0.41
12:55PM
0.53
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise---6:13-------6:13-------6:15----
Sunset-------8:37-------8:37-------8:37
cloud
cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--115221111-------------
Temp. °C222121212222212121202019212324231917171719202120
Feels °C (?)232121211921212020212020202121211816171719192018
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