Port Waikato-Sunset beach surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm 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 4PM is: 3.5m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave 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
Saturday
11
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
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3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
3
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)141515141414141313131313151514141414141414141716
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)547460795087421638213197249122541876202619891544201521781987187417241700223422022265235035843458
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
5
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:07AM
3.87
11:23PM
3.94
11:49AM
3.91
12:07AM
3.87
12:33PM
3.85
12:53AM
3.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
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
Saturday
11
Sunrise-------6:46-------6:45-------6:43
Sunset---7:30-------7:30-------7:31----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
----------1-------------
Temp. °C131313131312121213151315151515151617171615161515
Feels °C (?)999101110101111121113131313131415151615161414
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Raglan and West Waikato

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Port Waikato-Sunset beach (strong winds from the WSW at Kario 14 km from Port Waikato-Sunset beach). A 3.4m groundswell from the WSW is too big for here

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1 h 5 min ago

44 km/h
WSW
Cross-On
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