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Tairua Beach surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 15 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
21.4° C
 (Which is 1.3°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 8AM is: 0.3m 11s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a North 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)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Afternoon (15 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Evening (15 Jan)3ft (0.9m)5s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
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
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.4
NE
0.7
N
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
1
N
0.8
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.6
NE
0.9
NE
1
NE
1.1
NE
1
NE
1.1
NE
1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.5
NE
1.6
ENE
Period(s) (?)1212111111511115555667777899999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3751191930213132493548403259102122104121108176172193349404
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
20
N
20
N
15
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
W
10
W
10
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SE
10
E
10
ENE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcrosscross-
on		cross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:30AM
1.71
5:29PM
1.69
6:26AM
1.74
6:22PM
1.69
7:16AM
1.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:59PM
0.65
11:27AM
0.77
11:52PM
0.66
12:18PM
0.77
12:41AM
0.64
1:06PM
0.74
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise---6:11-------6:13-------6:13----
Sunset-------8:37-------8:37-------8:37
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
---2522--111-----------1
Temp. °C212021202222222220191818222425241917171720212120
Feels °C (?)212022202122212220191819222323231817171820212119
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