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Raglan - Ngarunui Beach surf break

Raglan - Ngarunui Beach surfForecast / Raglan and West Waikato / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 23 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Raglan - Ngarunui Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Raglan - Ngarunui Beach sea temperature is
21.3° C
 (Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Raglan - Ngarunui Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Raglan - Ngarunui Beach at 10AM is: 0.8m 18s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 1.6m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 23). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)18s
Afternoon (23 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)17s
Evening (23 Jan)7ft (2.1m)7s

Table - waves today at Raglan - Ngarunui Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Mon
26
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
W
0.7
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
3
W
3.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
5
W
5
W
5
W
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)1818181716161689101212131413131313131313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)230032641839943743254712172181380456906735862793818337689161145485522750384862486144833606
Wind
(km/h)
25
W
25
W
25
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
40
W
45
W
45
WNW
45
W
40
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
35
W
30
W
35
W
35
W
40
W
40
W
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		ononononononcross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:45AM
2.84
1:59PM
2.98
2:24AM
2.78
2:39PM
2.89
3:07AM
2.70
3:24PM
2.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:54AM
0.34
8:21PM
0.35
8:36AM
0.42
9:03PM
0.41
9:22AM
0.54
9:49PM
0.51
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Mon
26
Sunrise-6:22-------6:24-------6:24------
Sunset-----8:39-------8:39-------8:38--
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Rain (mm)
1-11121211422211122221--
Temp. °C191919202018181615151616161616161717171818181717
Feels °C (?)16161617171413966899910101211111111121111
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