Whangamata Estuary surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 01 Apr 2026 NZDT
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Whangamata Estuary surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Whangamata Estuary sea temperature is
21.3° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Whangamata Estuary today?

The current surf forecast for Whangamata Estuary at 1PM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)7s
Afternoon (01 Apr)3ft (0.9m)6s
Evening (01 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)6s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ENE
1.3
E
1.1
E
0.9
E
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.4
E
0.6
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
E
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)986666666666696666668888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)26198985862483741534845343426273559573324318989116
Wind
(km/h)
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
5
E
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
5
ESE
5
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
10
NNE
10
NE
5
NE
5
E
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
N
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononglasscross-
on
crosscrossonononcross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:01AM
1.76
7:28PM
1.70
7:47AM
1.77
8:14PM
1.74
8:30AM
1.78
8:57PM
1.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:20PM
0.23
1:38AM
0.26
2:06PM
0.19
2:24AM
0.25
2:47PM
0.17
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
Sunrise--7:28-------7:30-------7:30-----
Sunset-----7:10-------7:08-------7:07--
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
21----------------------
Temp. °C161616171717171616151617171616161515171818171616
Feels °C (?)121313151617161515141616151514151414161616161616
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