Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.87° S 173.29° E

Raupo Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 26 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Raupo Bay sea temperature is
15.7°C
0.1° 

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


How big are the waves at Raupo Bay today (27 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 4s period with WNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 5s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with NW swell.

The current surf forecast for Raupo Bay at 1AM is: 0.2m 13s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Sep)3ft (0.9m)4s
Afternoon (27 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)5s
Evening (27 Sep)3ft (0.9m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Very mild (max 16°C on Sun afternoon, min 11°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds.

Sat
26
Sunday
27
Monday
28
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
WSW
4
0.8
WSW
4
0.8
WSW
4
0.7
W
4
0.7
W
4
0.9
W
4
0.9
WNW
4
1.2
WNW
5
1.3
WNW
5
1.6
WNW
6
0.9
NW
6
0.6
NNW
6
0.4
NNW
7
0.2
E
14
0.2
E
14
0.2
E
13
0.2
E
13
0.2
E
13
0.2
E
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
25
19
16
13
14
24
31
59
92
160
56
28
17
17
16
14
14
14
13
Wind (km/h)
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
30
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
25
SW
20
SSW
15
SW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
8:12PM2.05m
8:33AM2.02m
8:55PM2.12m
9:17AM2.09m
Low Tide
1:25PM0.41m
1:53AM0.35m
2:09PM0.33m
2:36AM0.25m
2:53PM0.28m
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
14
14
13
13
13
13
14
15
16
15
13
11
12
12
12
13
13
13
12
Feels °C
9
10
9
9
9
9
9
10
10
9
8
7
7
8
8
8
8
8
8
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