Whangamata Bar Surf Forecast

/ Coromandel (23 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (37.20° S 175.89° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Whangamata Bar surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 19 Sep 2025 NZST

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Whangamata Bar surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Whangamata Bar sea temperature is 14.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Whangamata Bar today?

The current surf forecast for Whangamata Bar at 11AM is: 0.3m 7s primary swell from a North direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 19). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s
Afternoon (19 Sep)	0.5ft (0.2m)	6s
Evening (19 Sep)	0.5ft (0.2m)	6s

Table - waves today at Whangamata Bar. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Friday 19							Saturday 20								Sunday 21								Mon 22
	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	ESE	E	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	57	30	18	7	3	3	3	7	12	15	19	19	13	7	9	14	14	19	33	44	62	80	86	79
Wind (km/h)	WSW	WSW	SW	SSW	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		4:14AM 1.59				4:48PM 1.70				5:11AM 1.61				5:40PM 1.73					6:03AM 1.64				6:26PM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)				10:28AM 0.31				11:06PM 0.35				11:23AM 0.30				11:58PM 0.31					12:13PM 0.28

	Friday 19							Saturday 20								Sunday 21								Mon 22
Sunrise	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	13	16	15	11	10	10	8	8	10	11	12	11	10	10	11	10	13	14	15	14	13	14
Feels °C (?)	5	5	8	12	11	8	7	6	5	5	7	8	9	8	6	5	7	5	8	8	10	10	9	10

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Coromandel

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Whangamata Bar (light winds from the SSW at Waihi 29 km from Whangamata Bar). 0.5m 6s windswell from the NNE with a 0.1m 8s swell from the N. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 55 minutes ago Whangamata Bar

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29 km away, 1 h 55 min ago

13 km/h

SSW

0.0

14.8

Air / Water (°C)

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