Raglan-Whale Bay surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 18 Oct 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
15.7° C
(Which is 1.3°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 3PM is: 1.9m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Oct)7ft (2.2m)16s
Afternoon (18 Oct)6ft (1.9m)16s
Evening (18 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)16s

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

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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
4
3
3
2
2
0
0
0
2
4
3
3
3
4
3
2
2
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.9
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
W
1.3
WSW
Period(s) (?)161616161615151515151515151515141415141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)21701982171813931324143417752161235624932460242721731776161312041393158017282107180716411537569
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
N
10
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
W
10
W
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
off
crosscrossglasscross-
on
ononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:59AM
2.49
9:20PM
2.64
9:44AM
2.61
9:59PM
2.72
10:22AM
2.71
10:36PM
2.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:11PM
0.55
3:34AM
0.43
3:54PM
0.42
4:12AM
0.31
4:31PM
0.33
4:47AM
0.23
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise-------6:31-------6:30-------6:28
Sunset---7:39-------7:40-------7:42----
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131414141313141516171716141312121415161615151515
Feels °C (?)111212131111111212131313121110111213131413121212
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Raglan and West Waikato

  1. weather stationWind Update Wind reports 39 km away suggest it is still onshore at Raglan-Whale Bay (light winds from the WNW at Port Taharoa Automatic Weather Station). A 1.9m groundswell from the WSW

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39 km away, 1 h 35 min ago

15 km/h
WNW
0.0
15.7
Air / Water (°C)
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