Ruakaka surf break

Ruakaka surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 02 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
22.2° C
(Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ruakaka today?

The current surf forecast for Ruakaka at 8PM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 1.1m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 02). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Afternoon (02 Mar)2ft (0.6m)7s
Evening (02 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)5s

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


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Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
NE
1.3
S
1.5
SSE
1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
0.8
ENE
0.8
NE
1.1
NE
1
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
Period(s) (?)7771056101010101011101110101010999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4635377610213819622922525512017123922998967973706754543839
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
25
SSW
30
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
25
S
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:27AM
2.61
7:49PM
2.49
8:18AM
2.68
8:40PM
2.55
9:05AM
2.71
9:28PM
2.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:36PM
0.63
1:57AM
0.46
2:28PM
0.54
2:44AM
0.41
3:15PM
0.48
3:28AM
0.41
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Sunrise------------------------
Sunset------------------------
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181918161413121214171716161514141619191715151414
Feels °C (?)141412988769111111121211121315151413141313
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