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Whiritoa surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Monday 20 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
19.5° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Whiritoa today?

The current surf forecast for Whiritoa at 1AM is: 1.0m 7s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Afternoon (21 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Evening (21 Apr)2ft (0.6m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
N
1.5
N
1
N
1
NNE
1
NNE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
NE
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.7
SE
0.8
ESE
Period(s) (?)88877888881111101011111111666555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)307263118117114898475806284112102104108828256678361412728
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
15
NNW
10
WNW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
S
5
WSW
10
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:09PM
1.98
9:26AM
1.91
10:01PM
1.97
10:20AM
1.86
10:55PM
1.93
11:16AM
1.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:25AM
0.11
3:46PM
-0.01
4:19AM
0.13
4:39PM
0.04
5:14AM
0.18
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise------6:47-------6:48-------6:48-
Sunset5:43-------5:42-------5:40-------
part cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-2------1---------------
Temp. °C181515131312141616131110111011131513111011101214
Feels °C (?)15131412121113151510867678976566810
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