Port Waikato-The Reef Surf Forecast

/ Raglan and West Waikato (8 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

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

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 03 Oct 2025 NZDT

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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 15.6° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than 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 5AM is: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am 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)	5ft (1.6m)	7s

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

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		Friday 03								Saturday 04								Sunday 05
	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)	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	3	3	3	2	1	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	20	20	19	18	18	18	12	12	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1240	1177	635	635	455	396	303	220	197	362	432	424	418	418	441	441	544	533	616	777	768	1302	2254	3949
Wind (km/h)	WNW	WNW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	NNE	N	NNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NNW	N	NNW	SSW	SW	WSW	W	W
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- 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
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
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27

Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	1	1	8	2	2	-	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	4	3	1	1	1	2
Temp. °C	16	16	16	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	13	12	11	11	12	13	14	13	12
Feels °C (?)	14	15	15	15	15	16	14	15	14	15	15	11	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	8	9	10	8	8

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Raglan and West Waikato

Wind Update Wind reports 31 km away suggest it is still onshore at Port Waikato-The Reef (fresh winds from the WNW at Auckland). 1.6m 12s groundswell from the WSW with a 0.4m 16s long period groundswell, also from the WSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 39 minutes ago Port Waikato-The Reef

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31 km away, 1 h 39 min ago

32 km/h

WNW

0.0

15.6

Air / Water (°C)

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