Ruakaka 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 35.91° S 174.46° E

Issued: 5 am 28 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Ruakaka sea temperature is

15.4° C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Ruakaka today (28 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 13s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 13s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 13s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Ruakaka at 12PM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (28 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	13s
Afternoon (28 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	13s
Evening (28 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	13s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu afternoon, min 11°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Tuesday 28							Wednesday 29								Thursday 30
	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12
Wave Graph
kJ	238	238	238	238	265	265	246	303	298	298	298	298	294	285	271	258	258	274	250	246	246	199	196
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SW	S	SSW	SSW	SSE	SE	E	ENE	NNE	N	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	NNW	NNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	glassy	glassy	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			6:16AM2.23m				6:59PM2.37m				7:03AM2.26m				7:41PM2.42m				7:46AM2.31m				8:21PM2.46m
Low Tide	00:14AM1.01m				12:37PM0.83m				1:00AM0.94m				1:20PM0.76m				1:43AM0.86m				1:59PM0.70m


	—	7:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:20	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	5:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:37	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	11	11	11	13	14	12	11	11	11	11	11	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	15	16	14	12
Feels °C	8	8	8	11	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	10	10	10	11	11	12	13	11	9
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12
kJ	238	238	238	238	265	265	246	303	298	298	298	298	294	285	271	258	258	274	250	246	246	199	196
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 11	N 11	N 11	NE 11	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12
kJ	2	2	2	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	6	6	6	6	5	5
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	E 13	E 13	E 12	E 12	E 12	NE 9	NE 9	N 9	N 9	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 5	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	—	—	—	—	—	—	NNE 2	NNE 3	NNE 3	NNE 3	NNE 3	NNE 3	N 3	N 4	N 5	N 5	N 6	N 6
kJ	16	15	16	13	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	6	3	3	6	20	34	53	141	137
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Waipu River Northland	Ruakaka Northland	Waipu River Northland	Waipu River Northland	Waipu River Northland	Waipu Cove Northland	Ruakaka Northland	Ruakaka Northland	Marsden Point Northland	Marsden Point Northland	Ruakaka Northland	Marsden Point Northland	Marsden Point Northland	Ruakaka Northland	Ruakaka Northland	Ruakaka Northland	Ruakaka Northland	Ruakaka Northland	Ruakaka Northland	Ruakaka Northland	Ruakaka Northland	Ruakaka Northland	Ruakaka Northland
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	9	0	9	9	9	14	0	0	7	7	0	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	4	4	4	3	2	2	1	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	4	4	2	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	6	5	5	9	6	9	5	5	5	6	4	8	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4

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