Karioitahi Surf Forecast

/ Raglan and West Waikato (8 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Karioitahi surfForecast / Raglan and West Waikato / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 03 Oct 2025 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 15.6° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Karioitahi today?

The current surf forecast for Karioitahi at 2AM is: 1.9m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (03 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	12s
Afternoon (03 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	12s
Evening (03 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	7s

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

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		Friday 03								Saturday 04								Sunday 05
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	20	20	19	18	18	18	12	12	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	925	1071	689	570	455	396	303	220	208	327	402	366	357	327	318	441	544	533	616	777	768	1731	2693	5044
Wind (km/h)	WNW	WNW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	NNE	N	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NNW	NW	NW	SSW	SW	WSW	W	W
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)					7:10AM 2.29				7:36PM 2.52				8:03AM 2.50				8:24PM 2.75				8:49AM 2.73
Low Tide / height (m)		1:00AM 0.89					1:19PM 0.79				1:55AM 0.65				2:11PM 0.57				2:42AM 0.39				2:57PM 0.35

		Friday 03								Saturday 04								Sunday 05
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28

Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	1	1	8	2	2	-	-	-	1	2	2	2	1	2	5	3	1	1	1	1
Temp. °C	16	16	16	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	11	12	13	14	13	12
Feels °C (?)	14	14	15	15	14	16	13	14	14	15	14	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	9	8	9	9	8	7

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Raglan and West Waikato

Wind Update The cross-on wind has turned onshore at Raglan-Indicators (light winds from the WNW at Port Taharoa Automatic Weather Station 38 km from Raglan-Indicators). 0.9m 12s groundswell from the WSW with a 0.2m 17s long period groundswell, also from the WSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 5 minutes ago Raglan-Indicators

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18 km away, 1 h 39 min ago

35 km/h

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15.6

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