Whiritoa surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 03 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Whiritoa surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Whiritoa sea temperature is
20.3° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Whiritoa today?

The current surf forecast for Whiritoa at 1PM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 03). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Jan)3ft (0.9m)8s
Afternoon (03 Jan)3ft (0.9m)9s
Evening (03 Jan)3ft (0.9m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tue
06
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ENE
0.9
NE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
Period(s) (?)889998888889988888898799
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)788813210811610199108195217228193158118921019999991066762106106
Wind
(km/h)
0
SSW
5
NE
10
ENE
15
E
15
ESE
10
ESE
20
SE
25
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
15
ESE
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
E
0
SW
5
W
5
WSW
5
NE
10
N
15
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:02AM
1.90
7:19PM
1.83
7:58AM
1.96
8:15PM
1.85
8:52AM
1.99
9:10PM
1.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:16PM
0.22
1:38AM
0.03
2:15PM
0.17
2:34AM
0.00
3:11PM
0.13
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tue
06
Sunrise-6:00-------6:01-------6:01------
Sunset-----8:39-------8:39-------8:39--
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
233221121----------111--
Temp. °C161718181919171616161820191917161616191920201817
Feels °C (?)171818171819151313131518181917171616201919191817
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