Waihi Beach surf break

Waihi Beach surfForecast / Bay of Plenty / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 02 Mar 2026 NZDT
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Waihi Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Waihi Beach sea temperature is
22.0° C
(Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Waihi Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Waihi Beach at 7PM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Mar)2ft (0.6m)7s
Afternoon (02 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Evening (02 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.4
NE
0.6
NE
0.4
NE
0.5
NNE
0.8
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
Period(s) (?)771010161610101010111211111110101010109999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)35342576741461151671421421532142982732381898076577353524039
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
20
SSE
15
ESE
25
S
25
SSE
20
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
35
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
NW
10
NW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:53PM
1.70
7:25AM
1.83
7:47PM
1.73
8:14AM
1.86
8:37PM
1.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:49PM
0.28
1:08AM
0.19
1:43PM
0.22
2:00AM
0.16
2:32PM
0.17
2:48AM
0.15
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Sunrise--------7:01-------7:01-------
Sunset---7:54-------7:53-------7:52----
clear
rain showers
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-1-1--------------------
Temp. °C1516171613119811161816141211101318202014131313
Feels °C (?)12111310664361012887771016181712111212
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