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)

Surf Forecasts:

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

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 03 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 15.6° C
(Which is 1.2°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 11AM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am 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 Port Waikato-Sunset beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Friday 03							Saturday 04								Sunday 05								Mon 06
	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	10 PM	1 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	!	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	W	WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	20	20	19	18	18	18	12	12	14	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	689	635	514	396	303	220	203	294	344	410	388	429	445	441	544	533	616	777	768	1302	2093	3800	6045	7759
Wind (km/h)	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNE	N	NNE	N	NNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	NNW	WNW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	W	W	WNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)			7:19AM 2.84				7:45PM 3.09				8:15AM 3.05				8:33PM 3.33				9:02AM 3.29				9:16PM 3.57
Low Tide / height (m)	1:12AM 1.25				1:35PM 1.12				2:08AM 0.97				2:27PM 0.85				2:53AM 0.66				3:12PM 0.57

	Friday 03							Saturday 04								Sunday 05								Mon 06
Sunrise	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-

Rain (mm)	1	-	1	2	5	7	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2
Temp. °C	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	15	14	14	13	12	11	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	11
Feels °C (?)	14	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	14	11	13	11	10	10	9	9	11	10	9	9	8	7	8	7

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Raglan and West Waikato

Wind Update Light wind has turned cross-on at Port Waikato-Sunset beach (light winds from the NW at Auckland 31 km from Port Waikato-Sunset beach). 1.3m 12s groundswell from the SW with a 1.0m 6s windswell from the WNW and a 0.4m 16s long period groundswell from the WSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 11 minutes ago Port Waikato-Sunset beach

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31 km away, 1 h 11 min ago

11 km/h

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15.6

Air / Water (°C)

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