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Raukūmara Beach

Waikato · New Zealand

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Raukūmara Beach is a NW-facing sand beach on the New Zealand shoreline, opening onto the Tasman Sea — it catches SW–N swell, and offshore E–SE winds tidy the banks through october–april.

10-day forecast

Local time · updates hourly

Wave height & period

HeightPeriod

Wind

SpeedGusts
TimeRatingWavesSwellWindAir

Water temperature by month

This month: ~15.2°C (59.4°F) on average

Jan

19.7°C

67.5°F · 17.4–22.6°C

Feb

20.7°C

69.3°F · 19.3–23.1°C

Mar

20.1°C

68.2°F · 18.5–22.3°C

Apr

19°C

66.2°F · 17–21°C

May

17.4°C

63.3°F · 16.1–19.2°C

Jun

15.7°C

60.3°F · 14.7–17.3°C

Jul

14.4°C

57.9°F · 13.2–15.7°C

Aug

13.9°C

57°F · 13.1–14.7°C

Sep

14.2°C

57.6°F · 13–15.3°C

Oct

15.2°C

59.4°F · 13.2–17°C

Nov

16.6°C

61.9°F · 15–18.3°C

Dec

18.5°C

65.3°F · 16.3–21.1°C

25-year monthly averages from the NOAA OISST satellite record — typical range min–max, not a live reading.

Know before you go

Best swell

SW–N

Best wind

E–SE

Break type

Beach break

Best season

October–April

Safety: Friendly by surf standards, but rip currents and drop-in etiquette still apply. Shifting sandbars create moving rip currents — learn to spot them and use them to get out back.

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