Whangamata Beach surf break

Whangamata Beach surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 19 Nov 2025 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
17.9° C
(Which is 1.2°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 10AM is: 2.5m 9s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 1.9m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Nov)10ft (3.0m)8s
Afternoon (19 Nov)8ft (2.5m)9s
Evening (19 Nov)8ft (2.5m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Sat
22
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
4
3
3
3
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
NE
3
NE
2.5
NE
2.5
NE
2.5
ENE
2.5
NE
2.5
ENE
2.5
NE
2.5
NE
2.4
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.2
ENE
2
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1.3
ENE
Period(s) (?)8899910101111111111101010101010999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11521069906112612511281114914571457127711991199983820698588522480404387320338338270
Wind
(km/h)
30
NNE
20
NNE
5
SSW
5
WSW
0
WNW
5
NE
5
W
10
W
10
W
5
W
10
W
5
WNW
10
N
5
NNW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
ENE
10
NE
10
N
10
NNW
5
NW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononglasscross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
offglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:57AM
1.63
7:06PM
1.61
7:38AM
1.67
7:47PM
1.63
8:19AM
1.70
8:28PM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:03PM
0.43
1:21AM
0.28
1:47PM
0.40
2:02AM
0.27
2:29PM
0.39
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Sat
22
Sunrise-5:54-------5:54-------5:54------
Sunset-----8:07-------8:08-------8:09--
heavy rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
1410971-------------------
Temp. °C191818181919181717161921232217161515192121201816
Feels °C (?)161720202121191717161821222216161515202120201816
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