Whitianga surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 06 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
21.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Whitianga today?

The current surf forecast for Whitianga at 10AM is: 0.2m 12s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 06). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)12s
Afternoon (06 Mar)1ft (0.3m)9s
Evening (06 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Mon
09
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
ESE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.3
E
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NE
0.2
NNE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
Period(s) (?)1012121291212131313139131413131313131313131010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)191514141539384444443316161818171717171717171918
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
N
10
NNW
15
W
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
S
5
NE
10
NNE
5
N
5
W
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
0
WSW
10
N
15
NNW
15
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscrossoffglassglassglassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:19AM
2.01
10:43PM
1.98
11:03AM
1.97
11:26PM
1.95
11:46AM
1.94
12:08AM
1.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:06AM
0.45
4:35PM
0.40
4:50AM
0.46
5:17PM
0.41
5:31AM
0.50
5:57PM
0.45
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Mon
09
Sunrise--7:05-------7:07-------7:07-----
Sunset-----7:50-------7:49-------7:46--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131317202221161413121618201916151514182123211715
Feels °C (?)121217192019141312111617191815151514192021191614
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