Raupo Bay Surf Forecast

/ Northland (73 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Raupo Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 NZST

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Raupo Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Raupo Bay sea temperature is 15.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Raupo Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Raupo Bay at 4PM is: 1.3m 6s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	3.5ft (1.0m)	5s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	6s
Evening (18 Sep)	3.5ft (1.0m)	6s

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

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	Thursday 18					Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE
Period(s) (?)	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	4	4	5	6	6
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	47	76	107	115	71	29	21	21	12	7	7	6	4	3	6	3	3	3	3	16	38	98	145	166
Wind (km/h)	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	S	S	SSE	SE	E	NE	NE	NE	N	NNE	NNE	NNE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				5:36PM 1.96				6:00AM 1.89					6:33PM 2.00				6:59AM 1.94				7:25PM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)		10:39AM 0.52				11:19PM 0.57				11:41AM 0.50					12:16AM 0.52				12:37PM 0.46				1:07AM 0.46

	Thursday 18					Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	18	17	15	14	14	13	13	15	15	15	13	12	12	11	11	11	12	14	15	15	15	15	15
Feels °C (?)	11	12	12	11	11	10	9	8	10	10	10	9	9	10	8	8	8	9	11	12	11	10	9	10

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Northland

Wind Update Cross-on wind has become light (calm at Tokerau Beach wx 8 km from Raupo Bay). 1.7m 5s windswell from the NNW to make surfable waves.
19 minutes ago Raupo Bay
Wind Update Recent cross-onshore wind has turned cross-shore at Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks (light winds from the WNW at Kaitaia Airport 18 km from Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks). A 3.1m groundswell from the W
37 minutes ago Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks

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Actual: 19 min ago

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