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Whitianga surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 12 Feb 2026 NZDT
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Whitianga surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Whitianga sea temperature is
21.7° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Whitianga today?

The current surf forecast for Whitianga at 4AM is: 0.2m 17s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Feb)1ft (0.3m)16s
Afternoon (12 Feb)4ft (1.2m)6s
Evening (12 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
NNE
0.6
E
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
1
E
1.2
E
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
NE
1.3
NE
1.6
NE
1.3
NE
1.2
NE
0.8
ENE
0.7
N
0.6
N
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
Period(s) (?)1879955666666666666677677
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)61322825508597113123118145128132124120178118112464432323436
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
ESE
20
E
20
E
20
E
20
E
20
E
20
E
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
ENE
20
NNE
10
N
5
NNW
5
WNW
5
W
5
WSW
5
WSW
10
SW
15
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
on		onononononononcross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:58AM
1.81
4:00PM
1.78
4:55AM
1.81
4:56PM
1.77
5:55AM
1.82
5:53PM
1.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:29PM
0.71
10:05AM
0.83
10:22PM
0.75
11:00AM
0.85
11:20PM
0.76
11:52AM
0.83
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunrise---6:43-------6:45-------6:46----
Sunset-------8:17-------8:16-------8:15
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------11163122121--1---
Temp. °C202019202122222120212121212121212121212022242420
Feels °C (?)212119202020212120212122222221232424242225252317
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