Port Waikato-Sunset beach Surf Forecast

/ Raglan and West Waikato (8 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (37.39° S 174.71° E)

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Port Waikato-Sunset beach surfForecast / Raglan and West Waikato / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 08 Oct 2025 NZDT

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Port Waikato-Sunset beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Port Waikato-Sunset beach sea temperature is 15.8° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Port Waikato-Sunset beach today?

The current surf forecast for Port Waikato-Sunset beach at 2AM is: 4.0m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 Oct)	13ft (4.0m)	14s
Afternoon (08 Oct)	11ft (3.5m)	15s
Evening (08 Oct)	10ft (3.0m)	14s

Table - waves today at Port Waikato-Sunset beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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		Wednesday 08								Thursday 09								Friday 10
	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)	0	0	0	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	12	13	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	2900	3665	4355	4755	5474	6079	5087	4216	3929	3294	2573	2254	2026	1876	1989	1014	2015	2178	1987	1874	1724	1676	2160	2027
Wind (km/h)	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	WNW	NNW	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		10:40PM 3.90				11:07AM 3.87				11:23PM 3.94				11:49AM 3.91				12:07AM 3.87				12:33PM 3.85
Low Tide / height (m)				4:57AM 0.06				5:18PM 0.11				5:40AM 0.07				6:01PM 0.18				6:25AM 0.19				6:48PM 0.35

		Wednesday 08								Thursday 09								Friday 10
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	15	14	15	15	16	15	15	16	17	17	16
Feels °C (?)	6	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	10	10	11	12	11	13	13	15	14	13	14	15	15	16

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Raglan and West Waikato

Wind Update Still cross-shore at Port Waikato-Sunset beach (moderate winds from the SW at Auckland Airport Automatic Weather Station 44 km from Port Waikato-Sunset beach). A 3.8m groundswell from the WSW is too big for here
1 hour 15 minutes ago Port Waikato-Sunset beach

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44 km away, 1 h 15 min ago

28 km/h

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15.8

Air / Water (°C)

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