Whangamata Beach surf break

Whangamata Beach surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 04 Mar 2026 NZDT
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Whangamata Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Whangamata Beach sea temperature is
21.9° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Whangamata Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Whangamata Beach at 12PM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 04). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (04 Mar)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (04 Mar)2ft (0.6m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.5
NE
Period(s) (?)1110101010109999131313131313131281212121213
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23818980595757534140392827272727262524162322373982
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSE
5
N
15
NNW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
NE
10
NNE
10
N
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
10
N
5
NW
15
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:13AM
1.86
8:36PM
1.77
8:59AM
1.87
9:23PM
1.78
9:42AM
1.85
10:07PM
1.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:00AM
0.16
2:32PM
0.17
2:48AM
0.16
3:18PM
0.14
3:34AM
0.17
4:00PM
0.14
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
Sunrise--7:03-------7:03-------7:05-----
Sunset-----7:52-------7:51-------7:49--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C9914171918141313121619212015131312162122211514
Feels °C (?)6510141715121212111618191912111211152020201212
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