Raglan-Whale Bay surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 14 Jan 2026 NZDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
21.0° C
(Which is 2.0°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 11PM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)--
Afternoon (14 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Evening (14 Jan)3ft (0.9m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
1
WNW
1.4
WNW
0.6
WSW
0.8
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
Period(s) (?)109910101010117151514141414141414131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)172136124105868687226178172242400508508501494373347336362841643633569
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
10
NW
15
NNW
10
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
20
NNW
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
W
20
W
20
WNW
15
W
15
WNW
15
W
10
W
5
W
5
NNE
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncrosscross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:18PM
2.28
8:56AM
2.42
9:13PM
2.38
9:41AM
2.55
10:00PM
2.49
10:20AM
2.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:15PM
0.95
2:38AM
0.81
3:10PM
0.85
3:29AM
0.72
3:54PM
0.74
4:12AM
0.61
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise-----6:13-------6:15-------6:16--
Sunset-8:45-------8:44-------8:44------
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--1242243332-111--------
Temp. °C232220191818201920212019191920212120181818181921
Feels °C (?)222219201919211820212019191819191919171718191921
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

Latest Updates

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Raglan-Whale Bay surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest