Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Whitianga today (13 Oct):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with NE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with ENE swell.
The current surf forecast for Whitianga at 12AM is: 0.4m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 12). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (13 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (13 Oct) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 8s |
| Evening (13 Oct) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 7s |
Table - waves today at Whitianga. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Warm (max 20°C on Tue afternoon, min 14°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Mon night, fresh winds from the NNW by Thu morning). | |||||||||||||||||||
Mon 12 | Tuesday 13 | Wednesday 14 | |||||||||||||||||
4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 8 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | NE 9 | NE 9 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 29 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 26 | 27 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 21 | 22 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 9:31PM1.95m | 10:01AM2.02m | 10:15PM1.94m | 10:43AM2.01m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 3:22PM0.50m | 3:46AM0.42m | 4:07PM0.52m | 4:27AM0.44m | 4:49PM0.56m | ||||||||||||||
 | |  | | |  | | | | | | |  | | | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:35 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 7:29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:30 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 17 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 15 |
Feels °C | 17 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 14 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 8 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | NE 9 | NE 9 |
| kJ | 29 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 26 | 27 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 21 | 22 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNW 5 | NE 9 | NE 9 | ENE 9 | NW 4 | — | NW 5 | N 13 | N 13 | N 13 | N 13 | NNW 4 | NNW 4 | NNW 5 | NNW 5 | N 12 | N 13 | N 13 | N 12 |
| kJ | 2 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 6 | — | — | — | N 9 | N 9 | N 9 | N 13 | N 10 | E 13 | E 13 | N 12 | N 12 | N 12 | N 12 | — | N 12 | N 12 | E 16 |
| kJ | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | — | 3 | 3 | 5 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NNW 2 | NNW 3 | NW 4 | NW 4 | NW 4 | — | — | NNW 2 | NNW 4 | N 5 | N 5 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | — | — | 2 | 13 | 16 | 19 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 79 | 113 | 113 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 113 | 46 | 67 | 67 | 24 | 64 | 64 | 67 | 113 | 348 | 310 | 46 | 46 |
Best forecast wave conditions in The Coromandel | |||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Whitianga surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest