Port Waikato-The Reef surfForecast / Raglan and West Waikato / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 04 Jul 2025 NZST
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Port Waikato-The Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Port Waikato-The Reef sea temperature is
15.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Port Waikato-The Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Port Waikato-The Reef at 7PM is: 2.2m 11s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 1.2m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.1m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Jul)--
Afternoon (04 Jul)4ft (1.2m)15s
Evening (04 Jul)8ft (2.5m)11s

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

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Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Sat
12
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SW
2.2
NW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
W
0.4
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)15111111111111111111101010101014141414141414141313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131212920201919181817161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)1212204019672033375219282316176215191432125811861147112697190474266560378252249652551144942541839636536334829328428128625520820920520814716317420419318417118216811419328465973899312881272136119121557
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
N
15
NNE
10
NNE
15
NW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
W
5
S
5
SSE
10
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
S
10
SSE
10
ESE
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
10
E
5
E
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
E
10
E
10
E
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
10
E
5
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
5
NNW
5
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossononononcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:30PM
2.82
4:56AM
2.85
5:43PM
2.83
6:04AM
2.85
6:51PM
2.93
7:06AM
2.91
7:42PM
3.07
7:58AM
3.03
8:25PM
3.23
8:43AM
3.16
9:04PM
3.38
9:24AM
3.29
9:41PM
3.52
10:03AM
3.40
10:19PM
3.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:47PM
1.36
11:19AM
1.22
11:59PM
1.36
12:28PM
1.19
1:05AM
1.29
1:25PM
1.12
1:55AM
1.18
2:12PM
1.02
2:37AM
1.06
2:54PM
0.91
3:16AM
0.95
3:33PM
0.81
3:53AM
0.85
4:11PM
0.72
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Sat
12
Sunrise------7:35-------7:35-------7:35-------7:35-------7:35-------7:33-------7:33-----
Sunset5:15-------5:15-------5:15-------5:15-------5:16-------5:16-------5:17-------5:19---
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Rain (mm)
--1145321---------------------------------1------1--------15
Temp. °C181716151415151616141413111110131413121198810121110988891110109888111211111112121215171513121211121416141414
Feels °C (?)15151514131313151614141288710121198544710876554687865447988810101014171512111110111315121111
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