Ruakaka surf break

Ruakaka surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 09 Apr 2026 NZST
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Ruakaka surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Ruakaka sea temperature is
20.6° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ruakaka today?

The current surf forecast for Ruakaka at 11PM is: 2.0m 15s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 1.5m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)--
Afternoon (09 Apr)5ft (1.5m)10s
Evening (09 Apr)5ft (1.5m)10s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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!
!
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.9
NNE
1.9
NNE
1.8
NNE
2
NNE
2.1
NNE
2.2
NE
2.4
NE
3
NE
4
ENE
4.5
ENE
4.5
ENE
5.5
ENE
6
ENE
6.5
ENE
6.5
ENE
7
ENE
7.5
ENE
8
ENE
8
ENE
7
ENE
5
ENE
Period(s) (?)101010151514141413131313131313141414141414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)408356408158114991374157916621623187434615374739368431140713626173351844721030240412569725339179429089
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
5
SE
10
SSW
10
S
5
S
10
S
15
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
25
SE
30
SE
35
SE
35
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
45
ESE
45
ESE
45
ESE
50
ESE
50
ESE
30
S
25
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononononononononcrossoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:05PM
2.26
12:41AM
2.28
12:49PM
2.19
1:35AM
2.23
1:41PM
2.13
2:36AM
2.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:19PM
0.91
6:52AM
1.00
7:07PM
0.96
7:45AM
1.03
8:00PM
0.99
8:44AM
1.03
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise------6:41-------6:43-------6:43-
Sunset-6:05-------6:04-------6:02------
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------------1510111118172
Temp. °C191817171717181919191919191919191919202121212120
Feels °C (?)191917171717181817181717151514141414151615161918
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