Ruakaka surf break

Ruakaka surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 19 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
20.1° 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 11AM is: 0.2m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 19). An open ocean swell of 1.5m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.5m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Afternoon (19 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Evening (19 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.6
NNE
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.2
E
0.2
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
E
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)11111111111111910111010101088888811111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13121212119961232222672222242422395957
Wind
(km/h)
25
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
10
N
15
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
5
W
5
WNW
5
NW
5
SW
5
W
10
WSW
10
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:40AM
2.75
9:15PM
2.82
9:30AM
2.75
10:05PM
2.84
10:23AM
2.71
10:56PM
2.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:22AM
0.52
2:49PM
0.32
3:14AM
0.50
3:39PM
0.32
4:08AM
0.52
4:31PM
0.36
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
Sunrise--6:48-------6:50-------6:50-----
Sunset----5:52-------5:51-------5:50---
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
41--11122--131--1---1---
Temp. °C171617202016151414131417151413131312131716131312
Feels °C (?)141517191815141212111215131312131311121513987
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