Raglan-Whale Bay surf break

Raglan-Whale Bay surfForecast / Raglan and West Waikato / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 03 Dec 2025 NZDT
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Raglan-Whale Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Raglan-Whale Bay sea temperature is
19.9° C
(Which is 3.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Raglan-Whale Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Raglan-Whale Bay at 3PM is: 1.3m 7s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm December 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Dec)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Afternoon (03 Dec)4.5ft (1.3m)7s
Evening (03 Dec)4.5ft (1.4m)8s

Table - waves today at Raglan-Whale Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WSW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.5
WNW
2.1
W
2.5
WSW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)107787810910101010101010109888871212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1961831931862375721296127012861207115314911808204919991515997653534354277220177161
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNW
40
NW
15
NNW
20
WNW
25
NW
15
S
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
ononcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:19AM
2.83
9:34PM
2.88
10:11AM
3.01
10:30PM
2.97
11:01AM
3.13
11:22PM
3.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:31PM
0.28
3:55AM
0.13
4:24PM
0.16
4:47AM
0.06
5:14PM
0.10
5:37AM
0.06
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunrise-------5:52-------5:52-------5:50
Sunset---8:28-------8:29-------8:30----
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
123331-----1------------
Temp. °C212218171616141415171717171717171819191817171617
Feels °C (?)191617141214879111111101111121415161515171516
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