Raglan-Whale Bay surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 04 Mar 2026 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
20.8° C
(Which is 1.0°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: 1.2m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 18s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)20s
Afternoon (04 Mar)4ft (1.2m)11s
Evening (04 Mar)3ft (0.9m)18s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
1
1
1
2
3
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
2
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
W
1
SW
1.2
SW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
1
W
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)201111181817161616161515151414141414131313141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)194224332522516404535547540527494462573478366366356326257253317322346366
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
10
S
5
SE
5
SSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
SSE
5
SE
5
SW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:46AM
3.10
12:05AM
2.98
12:21PM
3.06
12:40AM
2.95
12:55PM
2.98
1:13AM
2.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:59PM
0.09
6:14AM
0.11
6:36PM
0.11
6:50AM
0.19
7:11PM
0.18
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise--------7:07-------7:09-------
Sunset---7:57-------7:55-------7:53----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C131616161615131214161716151514131517171716161616
Feels °C (?)91211121313111114141414131414131515141414151515
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