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Tairua Beach surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 18 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Tairua Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tairua Beach sea temperature is
21.8° C
 (Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tairua Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Tairua Beach at 6AM is: 2.2m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 17s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 0.2m 18s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)7ft (2.1m)8s
Afternoon (18 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)8s
Evening (18 Jan)6ft (1.9m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
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
2.2
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.2
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
1.9
E
1.7
E
2
E
2.2
E
2.4
E
2.4
E
2.4
E
2.4
E
2.2
E
2.2
E
2.4
ENE
2.2
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
2.4
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
Period(s) (?)788889898888999888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)516618671659616641501432566643771809848868725708766675587572692750750756
Wind
(km/h)
25
E
30
SE
35
SE
35
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
30
SE
30
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
E
35
E
35
E
35
E
40
E
40
E
40
E
40
E
40
E
40
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:13PM
1.72
8:01AM
1.80
8:01PM
1.76
8:41AM
1.83
8:45PM
1.79
9:20AM
1.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:26AM
0.61
1:52PM
0.70
2:08AM
0.57
2:36PM
0.64
2:50AM
0.51
3:20PM
0.59
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise---6:15-------6:16-------6:16----
Sunset-------8:37-------8:36-------8:36
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
1-1--1----1-------163223
Temp. °C191716171718181818181818191919201919181818181818
Feels °C (?)161310111413161613141414151515151414121312121213
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