Raglan (Manu Bay) surf forecast & live buoy readings
Raglan (Manu Bay) is rated from the NOAA GFS-Wave model sampled at the break itself; no NOAA wave buoy sits within 200 km, so the model is the only live source on this coast. It works on swell from SW through NW, best at 12–16 s. The first 5 days, the tide chart and every buoy's live readings and history are free to everyone; a free account adds the full 16-day wave and wind charts and custom swell alerts.
Wave Forecast
Free 5-day outlookSee 11 more days — free account, no subscription
- 📈 Full 16-day wave forecast — the wave-body chart with every swell
- 💨 Wind forecast with gusts and direction arrows
- 🔔 Custom swell alerts — the ocean emails you
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Live from the buoys
All buoys near Raglan (Manu Bay) →The NOAA stations nearest Raglan (Manu Bay) are DART tsunami sensors — seafloor pressure gauges that measure water-column height, not sea state. They cannot tell you what the waves are doing; the closest wave-measuring buoy is 2,972 km away. PierMonkey rates Raglan (Manu Bay) from the NOAA GFS-Wave model sampled at the spot itself, and the 16-day forecast on the Forecast tab is the source to plan from. How the rating works →
- Awaiting live dataNDBC 5501004 · DART · 388 km ENEAwaiting live data
- Awaiting live dataNDBC 5401000 · DART · 474 km EAwaiting live data
- Awaiting live dataNDBC 5501003 · DART · 481 km SEAwaiting live data
