Raglan-Whale Bay surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 08 Nov 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
18.5° C
(Which is 3.0°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 4PM is: 1.4m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.6m 16s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Afternoon (08 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Evening (08 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
08
Sunday
09
Monday
10
Tuesday
11
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
0
0
1
0
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
Period(s) (?)121212111114141413131313131313131313131313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)35541148040840810611047961936922922850863850793690606560484408317257220308
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
15
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
10
S
10
S
5
SSE
5
SSE
10
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
5
SSE
5
E
10
NE
10
ENE
10
NE
15
NW
15
NW
20
NW
15
NW
20
W
10
WNW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:49PM
3.15
1:12AM
2.94
1:39PM
3.02
2:06AM
2.76
2:34PM
2.84
3:07AM
2.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:06PM
0.14
7:28AM
0.18
8:00PM
0.32
8:19AM
0.38
8:58PM
0.51
Saturday
08
Sunday
09
Monday
10
Tuesday
11
Sunrise-------6:05-------6:05-------6:03
Sunset---8:00-------8:02-------8:04----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
------------------111311
Temp. °C181919181615151517191918161514141619191917161516
Feels °C (?)181816161514141415171616151412131519181716141415
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