Whangamata Bar surf break

Whangamata Bar surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 21 Feb 2026 NZDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
21.9° C
(Which is 1.2°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 1PM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (21 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (21 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
NE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)999988888888888889999998
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)454544424140283926262535242425262830303030143028
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
10
NE
10
NNE
10
N
10
WNW
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
E
5
ENE
10
N
10
NW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrossoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:23AM
1.87
10:49PM
1.79
11:07AM
1.87
11:36PM
1.79
11:54AM
1.84
12:26AM
1.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:16AM
0.16
4:45PM
0.12
5:01AM
0.17
5:30PM
0.10
5:49AM
0.20
6:16PM
0.12
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
Sunrise-6:52-------6:52-------6:54------
Sunset-----8:07-------8:06-------8:04--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141216192120161413121622232017161312171920181615
Feels °C (?)11914171919151211101319191715131110151819171515
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

Latest Updates

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Whangamata Bar surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest