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Whiritoa surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 13 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
21.1° C
 (Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Whiritoa today?

The current surf forecast for Whiritoa at 2PM is: 1.3m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Afternoon (13 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Evening (13 Jan)3ft (0.9m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
ENE
0.3
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
NE
0.5
NE
0.3
NE
0.9
NNE
0.7
NE
0.7
NNE
0.7
NE
Period(s) (?)6666666612121212121268885115555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8010683695231312437363737375213121712121932242130
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
20
ENE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
S
5
ENE
15
N
20
N
20
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NW
10
N
15
NW
10
N
15
N
10
N
5
N
10
NNW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		glassglassglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:25PM
1.53
4:07AM
1.50
4:16PM
1.50
4:59AM
1.51
5:08PM
1.49
5:50AM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:15AM
0.51
9:43PM
0.40
10:08AM
0.55
10:34PM
0.42
11:02AM
0.56
11:25PM
0.41
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise-------6:09-------6:11-------6:11
Sunset---8:38-------8:38-------8:37----
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
Rain (mm)
111-------------14321254
Temp. °C191920211918171721242523202019202221212119191918
Feels °C (?)181821211918181823232221202120212221222119202019
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