Raglan-Whale Bay surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 19 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
20.0° C
(Which is 2.4°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 9PM is: 2.1m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.0m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm December 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Dec)--
Afternoon (19 Dec)6ft (1.8m)12s
Evening (19 Dec)7ft (2.1m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
WSW
1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.3
WSW
2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)121111788899111113131312121212121212111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)950239102762268970555467376410111011148715281383833920835710710585509386323273
Wind
(km/h)
30
W
25
W
35
WNW
30
W
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
10
W
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:01PM
2.63
11:18AM
2.81
11:38PM
2.69
11:54AM
2.86
12:14AM
2.72
12:30PM
2.89
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:55PM
0.58
5:11AM
0.48
5:30PM
0.55
5:47AM
0.47
6:06PM
0.54
6:23AM
0.46
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Sunrise-----5:54-------5:54-------5:54--
Sunset-8:39-------8:40-------8:42------
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1-121-------------------
Temp. °C191818171717171718161615151616171717151515151718
Feels °C (?)14131313131313121211111091111121214121213141516
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