Whitianga surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Friday 17 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
20.1° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Whitianga today?

The current surf forecast for Whitianga at 6PM is: 0.3m 13s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 17). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)1ft (0.3m)14s
Afternoon (17 Apr)1ft (0.3m)13s
Evening (17 Apr)1ft (0.3m)13s

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


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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
E
1.5
N
1.4
N
1.4
N
1.7
N
1.9
N
2.3
NNW
1.9
NNW
1.3
NNE
1.8
N
1.6
N
1.3
NNW
1.1
NNE
1
NNE
1.6
N
Period(s) (?)1414131313131212121266677888888777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3634313030292726251116514815324835762143817638829019613191277
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
15
W
15
W
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
30
N
35
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
N
20
N
20
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:43AM
2.05
7:13PM
2.03
7:32AM
2.08
8:04PM
2.11
8:25AM
2.09
8:55PM
2.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:02PM
0.47
1:19AM
0.55
1:51PM
0.42
2:14AM
0.51
2:40PM
0.39
3:06AM
0.48
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise6:43-------6:43-------6:45-------
Sunset--5:49-------5:46-------5:45-----
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
----------1--1391---1453
Temp. °C161919161515151518181818181818171819201716171717
Feels °C (?)141616141414121215141415141414141617181615151515
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