Waihi Beach surf break

Waihi Beach surfForecast / Bay of Plenty / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 18 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
21.0° C
(Which is 1.2°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 9PM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Mar)--
Afternoon (18 Mar)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (18 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.9
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
E
2.3
E
2.1
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)888877889111111111111111110101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)58566772861041692456051324146512551046841757663505402290239194120159123
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
0
SSE
5
SW
10
S
10
SW
15
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
0
SSW
10
N
15
NNW
5
W
10
SW
10
E
10
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:22PM
1.64
7:45AM
1.78
8:09PM
1.73
8:29AM
1.85
8:55PM
1.81
9:13AM
1.89
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:32AM
0.25
2:03PM
0.20
2:19AM
0.19
2:48PM
0.11
3:06AM
0.15
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise------7:16-------7:18-------7:18-
Sunset-7:31-------7:30-------7:29------
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C191817161616192122211816151518222220191918171818
Feels °C (?)181917151514161818181614131316222018191917161817
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