Whitianga surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 05 Feb 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
21.8° 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 6AM is: 1.0m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Afternoon (05 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Evening (05 Feb)1ft (0.3m)15s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
ENE
0.3
NNE
1.1
E
1
ENE
1.1
E
1
E
0.8
E
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.7
ENE
0.4
NE
0.6
NE
0.7
NE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
NE
0.7
ENE
Period(s) (?)9166766615151581313121111111110101010109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5552889689644443424259511341401571541541491411331271259678
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
10
ENE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
ENE
10
NNE
10
NW
10
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:22PM
2.04
10:47AM
2.14
11:09PM
2.02
11:34AM
2.08
11:55PM
1.99
12:21PM
2.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:28AM
0.45
5:04PM
0.45
5:16AM
0.47
5:50PM
0.45
6:01AM
0.51
6:34PM
0.47
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise---6:35-------6:37-------6:37----
Sunset-------8:24-------8:23-------8:22
clear
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--1---------------------
Temp. °C181818171920202118171616182123211616161620232623
Feels °C (?)171717161719192018171616161920191415151619222422
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