Ruakaka Surf Forecast

/ Northland (73 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (35.91° S 174.46° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Ruakaka surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 22 Oct 2025 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 17.4° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ruakaka today?

The current surf forecast for Ruakaka at 10AM is: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 22). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 13s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.7m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (22 Oct)	1ft (0.3m)	10s
Afternoon (22 Oct)	0.5ft (0.2m)	10s
Evening (22 Oct)	0.5ft (0.2m)	9s

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

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	Wednesday 22							Thursday 23								Friday 24								Sat 25
	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NNE	E	E	E	E	NNE	E	E	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	6	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	9	9	8	8	6
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	33	19	19	19	9	9	8	8	4	19	8	2	2	2	2	10	2	2	3	12	12	17	14	14
Wind (km/h)	WNW	WNW	W	W	WSW	WSW	W	WNW	WNW	NNW	NW	NNW	W	WNW	NNW	NW	WNW	SW	SW	SSW	SSE	S	SSW	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)			8:58AM 2.48				9:05PM 2.44				9:37AM 2.50				9:41PM 2.42					10:15AM 2.50				10:16PM 2.40
Low Tide / height (m)	2:39AM 0.58				2:55PM 0.67				3:17AM 0.58				3:33PM 0.71				3:53AM 0.60					4:10PM 0.75

	Wednesday 22							Thursday 23								Friday 24								Sat 25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	20	23	23	20	17	16	15	14	19	25	27	23	19	18	18	17	17	21	20	17	14	13
Feels °C (?)	14	15	19	21	20	19	17	16	15	13	18	24	25	21	17	17	18	17	16	20	19	16	12	11

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Northland

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Ruakaka (light winds from the NW at Whangarei Aero Automatic Weather Station 18 km from Ruakaka). 0.2m 10s swell from the ESE to make surfable waves.
1 hour 29 minutes ago Ruakaka

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18 km away, 1 h 29 min ago

9 km/h

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17.4

Air / Water (°C)

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