Karioitahi surfForecast / Raglan and West Waikato / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 22 Feb 2026 NZDT
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Karioitahi surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Karioitahi sea temperature is
20.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Karioitahi today?

The current surf forecast for Karioitahi at 11PM is: 2.2m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Feb)--
Afternoon (22 Feb)7.5ft (2.3m)14s
Evening (22 Feb)7ft (2.2m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
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!
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3
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.2
SW
2.3
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
WSW
0.7
WSW
Period(s) (?)141414141414141313131312121212121212121211111118
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)212119061933185019982252218820321874163414711206993880734655604533425383325354317276
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
NE
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:06AM
2.81
2:25PM
2.78
2:56AM
2.67
3:20PM
2.58
3:59AM
2.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:59PM
0.23
8:19AM
0.40
8:46PM
0.40
9:13AM
0.58
9:42PM
0.59
10:19AM
0.76
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise-----6:58--------7:00-------7:01-
Sunset-8:10-------8:08-------8:07------
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181818171615171819171716161617181918181817182021
Feels °C (?)141616141313151618161716161516161716181917181919
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