Karioitahi surfForecast / Raglan and West Waikato / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 17 Nov 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
19.5° C
(Which is 3.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Karioitahi today?

The current surf forecast for Karioitahi at 7PM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 17). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Nov)5ft (1.6m)12s
Afternoon (17 Nov)4ft (1.2m)12s
Evening (17 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)11s

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

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Monday
17
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
W
0.8
W
1
W
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
NW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)12121111111111111211121211111010109999988
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)614497373237172140945673163284374403379360394332299276244207170143117
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
20
NNE
25
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
20
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
NE
10
E
10
ENE
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
N
15
N
15
NNW
20
NW
20
WNW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:29AM
2.57
8:40PM
2.60
9:06AM
2.67
9:18PM
2.65
9:42AM
2.75
9:54PM
2.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:38PM
0.63
2:57AM
0.48
3:18PM
0.56
3:34AM
0.42
3:56PM
0.51
4:09AM
0.39
Monday
17
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Sunrise-------6:00-------6:00-------5:58
Sunset---8:10-------8:12-------8:13----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------111321----1----
Temp. °C182121191716171621212019181818191820212018171717
Feels °C (?)151717161514161519191818191919201820211917151517
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