Whitianga surfForecast / Coromandel / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 15 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 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Whitianga today?

The current surf forecast for Whitianga at 1PM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 15). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (15 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (15 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
Period(s) (?)1312121212121212111111661114141414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16315110371694444242221211312916161636363431303028
Wind
(km/h)
25
W
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
W
20
WSW
20
W
20
W
20
W
25
W
25
WNW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
15
W
15
W
10
WNW
10
W
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:11AM
1.95
5:26PM
1.87
5:57AM
2.01
6:20PM
1.94
6:43AM
2.05
7:13PM
2.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:20AM
0.63
11:33PM
0.64
12:11PM
0.55
12:25AM
0.60
1:02PM
0.47
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
Sunrise--6:41-------6:43-------6:43-----
Sunset----5:51-------5:50-------5:49---
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1----------1------------
Temp. °C151416181816161616161718171514141314161919171515
Feels °C (?)10910121312131313121314121111111113151717161415
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