Ruakaka surf break

Ruakaka surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 01 Mar 2026 NZDT
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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
22.1° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ruakaka today?

The current surf forecast for Ruakaka at 11AM is: 1.8m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 01). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Mar)6ft (1.8m)7s
Afternoon (01 Mar)5ft (1.6m)7s
Evening (01 Mar)4ft (1.2m)7s

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


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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.5
E
1.3
E
1.1
E
0.9
ESE
0.4
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
ENE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.8
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
ENE
1.1
NE
0.9
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
Period(s) (?)877777761177771010101010101010111011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4913923492952101581075943565643377674117231260229168234187129159
Wind
(km/h)
20
E
20
E
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
5
S
15
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
20
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
20
S
15
S
20
S
20
S
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onononononcrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:30AM
2.54
6:53PM
2.43
7:27AM
2.61
7:49PM
2.49
8:18AM
2.68
8:40PM
2.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:40PM
0.72
1:04AM
0.54
1:36PM
0.63
1:57AM
0.46
2:28PM
0.54
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
Sunrise------------------------
Sunset------------------------
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C191819202019171617151818191615141312141717161515
Feels °C (?)1616171819191715151315121410987791111111213
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