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Whitianga surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 15 Jan 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
21.4° C
 (Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Whitianga today?

The current surf forecast for Whitianga at 4PM is: 0.7m 5s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)1ft (0.3m)8s
Afternoon (15 Jan)2ft (0.6m)4s
Evening (15 Jan)3ft (0.9m)5s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
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
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
NE
0.6
N
0.7
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.9
NNE
1
NNE
1.2
N
0.9
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.5
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
1
NE
1.3
ENE
1.8
ENE
2
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.9
E
Period(s) (?)845555666667777999987888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12142226406291494143475973646441112129159228295438438500
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNW
15
NNW
20
N
15
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
10
W
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
ESE
10
E
10
E
20
ENE
30
E
30
E
25
ESE
25
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassonononononcross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:37PM
1.82
6:34AM
1.88
6:30PM
1.83
7:24AM
1.91
7:21PM
1.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:39AM
0.84
12:04AM
0.72
12:30PM
0.84
12:53AM
0.70
1:18PM
0.81
1:38AM
0.67
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise-------6:13-------6:15-------6:16
Sunset---8:37-------8:37-------8:37----
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
322--111-----------11---
Temp. °C222223232020191922242524191717162021212019181717
Feels °C (?)212222232021192022222323201717162020201915141312
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