Whangamata Bar surf break

Whangamata Bar surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 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
19.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Whangamata Bar today?

The current surf forecast for Whangamata Bar at 8AM is: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Afternoon (21 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Evening (21 Apr)2ft (0.6m)11s

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


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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
NNE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
NE
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.9
SE
0.4
E
0.7
SE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
ESE
0.3
E
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
E
Period(s) (?)78888811111010111111115115101010101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1148984807659841121021047982825745382519181917311715
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
5
WSW
5
WSW
10
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
25
SSE
20
S
20
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:26AM
1.91
10:01PM
1.97
10:20AM
1.86
10:55PM
1.93
11:16AM
1.78
11:52PM
1.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:25AM
0.11
3:46PM
-0.01
4:19AM
0.13
4:39PM
0.04
5:14AM
0.18
5:34PM
0.11
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise--6:47-------6:48-------6:48-----
Sunset----5:42-------5:40-------5:39---
clear
part cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---11-------------------
Temp. °C1313141515131110111112141514111098101315131110
Feels °C (?)12121314121086767811865446911977
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