Whangamata Bar surf break

Whangamata Bar surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 03 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 3.0°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 6AM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am December 03). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Dec)3ft (0.9m)6s
Afternoon (03 Dec)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Evening (03 Dec)3.5ft (1.0m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
E
0.6
E
1
NNE
1.4
N
1.2
N
0.7
NE
1
NNW
0.8
N
1
N
1
N
0.8
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.5
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
Period(s) (?)9999676767788999918181716161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)90886061881711095278569212794776145316160575251100100
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
5
NE
5
N
15
N
25
NW
15
W
20
WSW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
25
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:27AM
1.75
5:42PM
1.81
6:24AM
1.85
6:39PM
1.86
7:19AM
1.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:09PM
0.15
11:35AM
0.28
12:05AM
0.07
12:35PM
0.22
1:00AM
0.01
1:33PM
0.16
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Sunrise---5:48-------5:48-------5:48----
Sunset-------8:22-------8:22-------8:23
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
11--1144--11------------
Temp. °C181819192123201815151614171921191616171719232321
Feels °C (?)191920212222181712121310111315141112121315201917
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