Raupo Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.87° S 173.29° E

Issued: 12 pm 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Raupo Bay sea temperature is

16.5°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Raupo Bay today (05 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Nov, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 8s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 8s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 8s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Raupo Bay at 7PM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Nov)	4ft (1.2m)	8s
Afternoon (05 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	8s
Evening (05 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 23mm), heaviest during Fri night. Warm (max 20°C on Thu morning, min 15°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
	Thu 5					Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 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 Period (s)	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	ENE 8	N 5	N 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 7
Wave Graph
kJ	173	153	153	153	117	135	98	88	88	140	69	61	83	94	145	225	138	149	203	203	161	117	92	70
Wind (km/h)	N	NNE	N	N	N	N	N	N	NNW	N	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on	on	on	on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide				6:04PM2.04m				6:37AM1.95m				6:58PM2.04m					7:34AM2.00m				7:49PM2.04m
Low Tide		11:12AM0.47m				11:49PM0.41m				12:12PM0.47m				00:42AM0.37m					1:06PM0.46m				1:32AM0.34m


	6:20	—	—	—	—	—	6:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:18	—
	—	—	—	7:59	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:00	—	—	—	8:01
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	2	2	3	6	1	2	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	20	19	19	18	18	17	18	18	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	18	19	19	17	16	15	15	15
Feels °C	18	19	18	18	18	18	17	19	19	20	19	19	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	NNE 6	NNE 7	N 16	N 16	NNE 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 7
kJ	173	153	153	153	117	135	98	88	88	140	69	61	44	41	24	156	138	20	20	203	161	117	92	57
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 10	N 10	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 15	NW 8	N 10	N 10	N 15	N 16	N 16	NE 8	NE 12	N 16	NNE 13	N 13	ENE 8	ENE 8
kJ	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	3	2	2	4	5	20	3	6	20	16	14	23	32
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 19	N 19	N 18	N 18	N 17	N 17	N 17	N 17	N 17	N 15	N 10	N 15	N 15	N 17	N 12	N 12	NW 7	NE 12	N 13	NE 12	N 16	N 12	NNE 14	NNE 14
kJ	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	2	4	4	6	3	3	2	5	4	5	20	3	40	70
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	N 3	—	—	—	N 6	N 4	N 4	N 5	N 5	N 5	N 5	N 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	—	NNE 7	NNE 7	NW 5	NNW 7	NW 6	NW 7	—
kJ	—	—	1	—	—	—	28	13	14	21	29	48	83	94	145	225	—	149	203	38	161	52	64	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Fairway Reef Northland	Great Exhibition Bay Northland	Houhora Harbour Bar Northland	Tokerau Beach or Doubtless Bay Northland	Fairway Reef Northland	Fairway Reef Northland	Tokerau Beach or Doubtless Bay Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Tokerau Beach or Doubtless Bay Northland	Ninety Mile Beach Northland	Ninety Mile Beach Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Te Paki Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Te Paki Northland	Fairway Reef Northland	Whatipu Auckland	Orewa Beach Auckland	Daniels Reef Northland	Whananaki Beach Northland	Tokerau Beach or Doubtless Bay Northland	Tokerau Beach or Doubtless Bay Northland	Tokerau Beach or Doubtless Bay Northland
Rating (10 max)	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	20	33	12	8	20	20	8	22	8	34	34	22	22	63	22	63	20	266	229	210	129	8	8	8
Best forecast wave conditions in Northland	Matauri Bay	Scott Point	Matauri Bay	Matauri Bay	Matauri Bay	Matauri Bay	Matauri Bay	The Box	Fairway Reef	Scott Point	Ninety Mile Beach	The Box	Baylys Beach	Baylys Beach	Baylys Beach	Baylys Beach	Fairway Reef			Daniels Reef	Pakiri beach	Fairway Reef	Moureeses	Takou Bay
Rating (10 max)	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1			1	2	1	2	2
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Whatipu Auckland	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Scott Point Northland	Ninety Mile Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Wainui Beach - Whales Gisborne and Mahia	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating (10 max)	3	3	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
Header Global	Cow Bombie Australia	Cow Bombie Australia	Barrancon Chile	Lebu Chile	Lebu Chile	Ranches United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Ranches United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Boners United States	Buchupureo Chile	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Ghost Tree United States	Gerickes Point South Africa
Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	8	7	6	6	7	5	5	9	8	7	6	5	5

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