Raglan-Whale Bay surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 04 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 11AM is: 2.3m 8s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am December 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Dec)8ft (2.5m)8s
Afternoon (04 Dec)7.5ft (2.3m)10s
Evening (04 Dec)10ft (3.0m)10s

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

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Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sun
07
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SW
3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.3
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)688101010101010109888871212121211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)30910286341001104413931578174218331515929653534392270188167203196438408460540452
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
35
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:11AM
3.01
10:30PM
2.97
11:01AM
3.13
11:22PM
3.02
11:49AM
3.19
12:13AM
3.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:55AM
0.13
4:24PM
0.16
4:47AM
0.06
5:14PM
0.10
5:37AM
0.06
6:04PM
0.12
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sun
07
Sunrise-5:52-------5:52-------5:50------
Sunset-----8:29-------8:30-------8:30--
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----1------------------
Temp. °C141416171817171717171819181817161617192020191717
Feels °C (?)779121311111111121315141416151618191918181717
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