Whitianga surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 05 Mar 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
21.6° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Whitianga today?

The current surf forecast for Whitianga at 12PM is: 0.3m 13s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 05). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (05 Mar)1ft (0.3m)13s
Evening (05 Mar)1ft (0.3m)13s

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


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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.3
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
ESE
0.3
NE
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
NE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.3
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
Period(s) (?)1010101381013101081212912121313131399141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)293030271834273419101414143938444444341616181817
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
5
SW
5
W
10
NNE
10
N
15
WNW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
NNE
5
N
15
W
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
5
NW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscrossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:34AM
2.04
10:00PM
1.99
10:19AM
2.01
10:43PM
1.98
11:03AM
1.97
11:26PM
1.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:17AM
0.45
3:51PM
0.42
4:06AM
0.45
4:35PM
0.40
4:50AM
0.46
5:17PM
0.41
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
Sunrise--7:05-------7:05-------7:07-----
Sunset-----7:51-------7:50-------7:49--
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C131316192020161413131619222116141413171920191716
Feels °C (?)121216181818141312121518211914131312171818181716
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