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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 Thursday 08 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
21.0° C
 (Which is 2.3°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 8AM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Afternoon (08 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)6s
Evening (08 Jan)7ft (2.2m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.3
SW
1.6
SW
2
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)121212126777711107121213131312121212121215
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)180180455655297427507432268652510178710283312317317297278680605560475983
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
25
W
25
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
5
WNW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:20AM
2.77
2:39PM
2.86
3:04AM
2.63
3:22PM
2.68
3:48AM
2.49
4:07PM
2.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:29AM
0.40
9:01PM
0.44
9:14AM
0.55
9:44PM
0.56
10:01AM
0.71
10:29PM
0.67
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
Sunrise-6:07-------6:07-------6:09------
Sunset-----8:45-------8:45-------8:45--
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clear
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part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181718201919181717181920201919191918202020201919
Feels °C (?)161415171515151515161718171719191818202019202020
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