Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Raglan-Whale Bay today (13 Oct):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 16s period with WSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 15s period with WSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Raglan-Whale Bay at 11PM is: 1.7m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 13). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (13 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (13 Oct) | 5.5ft (1.7m) | 16s |
| Evening (13 Oct) | 6ft (1.8m) | 15s |
Table - waves today at Raglan-Whale Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 29mm), heaviest during Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Wed afternoon, min 8°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds. | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 13 | Wednesday 14 | Thursday 15 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 16 | WSW 15 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 15 | WSW 14 | W 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 13 | WNW 8 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 1341 | 1330 | 1294 | 911 | 763 | 1041 | 1038 | 1068 | 1028 | 800 | 1175 | 659 | 512 | 482 | 560 | 461 | 1110 | 595 | 1313 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 00:44AM2.79m | 1:03PM2.85m | 1:18AM2.68m | 1:38PM2.73m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 6:42PM0.32m | 6:59AM0.27m | 7:18PM0.46m | 7:35AM0.42m | 7:56PM0.61m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 7:35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:37 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
Temp °C | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 |
Feels °C | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 16 | WSW 15 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 15 | WSW 14 | W 14 | WSW 14 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WSW 13 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | W 8 | WSW 13 |
| kJ | 1341 | 1330 | 1294 | 911 | 763 | 1041 | 1038 | 1068 | 1028 | 800 | 1175 | 659 | 246 | 412 | 484 | 394 | 228 | 331 | 1313 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 19 | WNW 6 | WNW 6 | WNW 6 | WNW 7 | WNW 7 | WNW 7 | — | — | WNW 6 | WNW 7 | WNW 7 | WSW 14 | WSW 13 | WSW 18 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WNW 8 |
| kJ | 118 | 82 | 88 | 68 | 73 | 55 | 55 | — | — | 80 | 117 | 151 | 512 | 482 | 32 | 461 | 482 | 595 | 273 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | WSW 17 | WSW 18 | WSW 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 18 | — | WSW 18 | — | W 16 | — |
| kJ | — | — | 487 | 326 | 326 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | — | 32 | — | 260 | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | WNW 5 | WNW 5 | — | — | — | — | — | WNW 8 | — | WSW 13 | — | — |
| kJ | 185 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 41 | 61 | — | — | — | — | — | 560 | — | 1110 | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 124 | 110 | 124 | 176 | 7 | 179 | 195 | 227 | 227 | 173 | 143 | 61 | 111 | 114 | 227 | 227 | 135 | 135 | 111 |
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