Waikawau Bay surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 04 Feb 2026 NZDT
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Waikawau Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Waikawau Bay sea temperature is
21.7° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Waikawau Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Waikawau Bay at 8AM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 18s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 04). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (04 Feb)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (04 Feb)2ft (0.6m)9s

Table - waves today at Waikawau Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.3
NNE
1.1
ENE
1.2
E
0.4
NNE
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.6
ENE
0.6
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.8
ENE
Period(s) (?)1010101010999991667151515151514813111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)967977606361595553525110112475696838383751134133119138
Wind
(km/h)
25
W
25
W
20
WNW
15
W
10
W
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
E
15
ESE
20
E
20
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
5
N
10
NW
10
WNW
10
W
15
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
glassglassonononcross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:02PM
2.02
9:30AM
2.18
9:51PM
2.02
10:16AM
2.16
10:38PM
1.99
11:00AM
2.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:18AM
0.07
3:53PM
0.12
4:06AM
0.10
4:39PM
0.13
4:52AM
0.15
5:23PM
0.16
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise---6:35-------6:37-------6:37----
Sunset-------8:25-------8:24-------8:23
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------1----------------
Temp. °C191919181920202019191818191920191919181718192120
Feels °C (?)151617161820212118171616181920191919171515151715
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