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Opoutere Beach surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 20 Mar 2026 NZDT
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Opoutere Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Opoutere Beach sea temperature is
20.9° C
 (Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Opoutere Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Opoutere Beach at 1PM is: 1.8m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 20). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)11s
Afternoon (20 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (20 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)10s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
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)
4
3
3
3
1
0
2
2
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
E
2.2
E
2
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
ENE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
Period(s) (?)111111111110101010101010101010999999988
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14271179949755649410340244198198158156154117115878860605961585757
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
NNE
15
N
15
N
10
W
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
S
10
SE
5
ESE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
15
E
15
E
10
E
15
E
10
ENE
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffglasscross-
on		crosscross-
off		glasscross-
off		glasscrossglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		onononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:25AM
1.95
8:49PM
1.91
9:11AM
1.95
9:36PM
1.95
10:01AM
1.93
10:24PM
1.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:32AM
0.38
3:07PM
0.30
3:21AM
0.35
3:52PM
0.26
4:12AM
0.33
4:38PM
0.25
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
Sunrise--7:18-------7:18-------7:20-----
Sunset-----7:29-------7:27-------7:25--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
---------------111121221
Temp. °C151519212220181716161819201918181818181818181818
Feels °C (?)131317201918171816161819201918181818181718181819
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