Raglan-Whale Bay surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 18 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
18.1° C
(Which is 2.3°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 10PM is: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Nov)--
Afternoon (18 Nov)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (18 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)11s

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

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Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
2
2
3
2
3
3
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WSW
1.8
W
2.1
WSW
2.2
WSW
1.8
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)121211111010101099998813141414131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2423032852492552231831751331271219490105317126216801755114413771230109410941094
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NNW
10
NE
15
NE
10
ENE
5
E
5
SW
5
NNE
10
NNW
10
WNW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
SW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
WSW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
onononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:07PM
2.62
10:30AM
2.72
10:44PM
2.67
11:04AM
2.80
11:19PM
2.70
11:37AM
2.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:04PM
0.49
4:19AM
0.37
4:40PM
0.45
4:55AM
0.35
5:15PM
0.45
5:29AM
0.36
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Sunrise-----5:58-------5:56-------5:56--
Sunset-8:12-------8:13-------8:14------
thunderstorm
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
2291412137421---------------
Temp. °C211918191817161717181817161618191817161616161718
Feels °C (?)211916181817151818202017151517181717171716161717
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