Whangamata Bar surf break

Whangamata Bar surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 10 Dec 2025 NZDT
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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
20.5° C
(Which is 2.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Whangamata Bar today?

The current surf forecast for Whangamata Bar at 1AM is: 2.2m 11s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 1.1m 12s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm December 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Dec)6.5ft (2.0m)10s
Afternoon (11 Dec)6ft (1.8m)9s
Evening (11 Dec)5ft (1.6m)9s

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

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Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Saturday
13
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
NE
2.2
NE
2.2
NE
2.2
NE
2.2
NE
2
ENE
2
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1
NE
1
NE
1
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
1
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)11111111111010109999898888888699
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11721128107010511031836788657519422413331160186136132129939077111489999
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
5
E
5
ESE
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
S
5
ESE
10
ENE
10
NNE
10
N
10
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
15
SSW
5
SSW
25
E
20
E
20
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
on
crosscrossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:11AM
1.72
12:41PM
1.85
1:08AM
1.64
1:34PM
1.76
2:05AM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:23AM
0.17
7:04PM
0.23
7:17AM
0.27
7:57PM
0.28
8:10AM
0.36
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Saturday
13
Sunrise-----5:48-------5:48-------5:48--
Sunset-8:28-------8:29-------8:29------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222118181718212323221816141517222521191614141718
Feels °C (?)222219191819222323221813101012182317151211121415
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