Raglan-Whale Bay surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 29 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
19.7° 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 9AM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 29). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Nov)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (29 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Evening (29 Nov)5ft (1.6m)11s

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

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Saturday
29
Sunday
30
Monday
01
Tue
02
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
0
0
2
3
2
3
2
1
0
2
1
2
2
4
3
3
3
3
4
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
W
1.1
W
0.7
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.9
W
2.1
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.1
WSW
Period(s) (?)9913111111111111111414141414141313131212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)219177170446430619642653615553100311221285128511389479051264143015931501174315301160
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
E
10
ENE
10
NNE
15
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
10
NNW
15
WSW
15
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossonononononcrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:17AM
2.34
5:39PM
2.50
6:15AM
2.39
6:36PM
2.57
7:17AM
2.49
7:34PM
2.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:27AM
0.76
12:01AM
0.65
12:27PM
0.69
1:01AM
0.52
1:30PM
0.57
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
Monday
01
Tue
02
Sunrise-5:52-------5:52-------5:52------
Sunset-----8:23-------8:24-------8:25--
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
mod rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------64-11-------
Temp. °C161619191918161514141921181819181817181919181616
Feels °C (?)141415151616151414131719161718181816161717171516
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