Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Raglan-Whale Bay today (23 Jul):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 14s period with WSW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 13s period with WSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 13s period with WSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Raglan-Whale Bay at 11AM is: 1.3m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (23 Jul) | 4ft (1.2m) | 14s |
| Afternoon (23 Jul) | 5ft (1.6m) | 13s |
| Evening (23 Jul) | 5ft (1.5m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Raglan-Whale Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 35mm), heaviest during Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 13°C on Thu night, min 8°C on Thu morning). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WSW on Sat morning, calm by Sat night). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 23 | Friday 24 | Saturday 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | WSW 10 | WSW 12 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 316 | 413 | 577 | 692 | 850 | 837 | 769 | 745 | 585 | 540 | 230 | 172 | 328 | 847 | 707 | 1075 | 1533 | 2613 | 4507 | 9785 | 13991 | 13984 | 11114 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | on | glassy | cross-on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross |
High Tide | 4:37AM2.28m | 5:20PM2.24m | 5:51AM2.22m | 6:41PM2.28m | 7:02AM2.25m | 7:41PM2.38m | |||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 10:54AM0.87m | 11:38PM1.01m | 12:10PM0.91m | 00:57AM0.99m | 1:21PM0.87m | ||||||||||||||||||
 | |  |  |  |  |  | | | | | |  |  |  |  | | |  | | |  | | |
 | — | 7:28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:26 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | 5:25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:27 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Temp °C | 9 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Feels °C | 7 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 6 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 11 | WSW 10 | WSW 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 71 | 413 | 577 | 692 | 850 | 837 | 769 | 745 | 585 | 540 | 230 | 172 | 328 | 280 | 653 | 101 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 14 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | WSW 6 | W 6 | WSW 12 | — | — | WSW 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 316 | 56 | 39 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | 39 | 203 | — | — | 61 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | WSW 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 5 | NNW 5 | NW 7 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | WSW 10 | WSW 12 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 57 | 51 | 301 | 847 | 707 | 1075 | 1533 | 2613 | 4507 | 9785 | 13991 | 13984 | 11114 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249 | 0 | 227 | 219 | 227 | 110 | 221 | 227 | 227 | 227 | 169 | 135 | 114 | 249 | 249 | 291 | 313 | 179 | 112 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Raglan and West Waikato | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
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