Ruakaka 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 35.91° S 174.46° E

Issued: 12 pm 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Ruakaka sea temperature is

17.2°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 (05 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 8s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 8s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 8s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Ruakaka at 4PM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 05). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	8s
Afternoon (05 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	8s
Evening (05 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Fri morning. Warm (max 23°C on Sat afternoon, min 14°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
	Thu 5					Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	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	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 7	NE 7	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 8	ENE 8	NNE 6	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NE 12	NE 12	NE 8	NE 8	ENE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	205	205	205	163	136	136	160	140	121	78	76	76	64	50	176	198	210	265	350	6	6	64	91	74
Wind (km/h)	NE	ENE	NE	NNE	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	NW	NNE	N	N	NNE	N	N	N	NNE	N	NNW	NW	NW	NW	NW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	off
High Tide				5:13PM2.50m				5:48AM2.36m				6:05PM2.51m				6:40AM2.42m				6:54PM2.50m
Low Tide		10:54AM0.68m				11:29PM0.60m				11:52AM0.67m				00:21AM0.56m				12:44PM0.64m					1:09AM0.53m


	12:55	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	12:53	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	12:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	12:52
	—	2:34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2:36	—	—	—	—	—	2:38
mm	—	—	1	3	2	—	—	—	—	5	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	19	19	19	18	17	16	16	18	19	21	20	18	18	17	17	20	21	23	21	18	15	14	14
Feels °C	19	19	19	20	19	18	16	16	18	21	20	20	18	19	16	17	19	18	18	19	17	14	14	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 7	NE 7	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 8	ENE 8	N 10	N 15	N 15	N 15	N 16	N 16	N 16	NE 8	N 7	N 7
kJ	205	205	205	163	136	136	160	140	121	78	76	76	64	50	2	4	17	42	20	20	20	64	131	113
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 16	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 16	N 15	N 15	N 10	N 15	N 10	N 10	N 12	NE 12	N 14	N 13	N 16	NE 8	ENE 8
kJ	9	9	9	9	9	8	21	8	2	2	19	18	17	2	4	2	2	3	6	15	14	20	91	74
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 18	N 18	N 18	N 18	N 17	N 16	N 10	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 15	N 18	N 12	N 12	—	E 12	NE 12	NE 12	N 13	N 13	N 14
kJ	7	6	6	6	6	21	8	5	5	5	2	2	2	4	6	3	3	—	3	6	6	3	13	35
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	N 7	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 7	N 6	N 6	N 6	NNE 4	N 5	N 6	NNE 6	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	NNW 7	—
kJ	—	—	—	50	38	29	28	55	50	40	36	24	40	66	176	198	210	265	350	345	278	153	163	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Rimmers Road Auckland	Marsden Point Northland	Ruakaka Northland	Ruakaka Northland	Ruakaka Northland	Ruakaka Northland	Ruakaka Northland	Waipu River Northland	Rimmers Road Auckland	Elliot Bay Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Ruakaka Northland	Ruakaka Northland	Rimmers Road Auckland	Whatipu Auckland	Orewa Beach Auckland	Daniels Reef Northland	Waipu River Northland	Waipu River Northland	Ruakaka Northland	Waipu River Northland
Rating (10 max)	2	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	3	1	1
Distance (km)	30	30	104	7	0	0	0	0	0	9	104	72	61	61	0	0	104	127	78	53	9	9	0	9
Best forecast wave conditions in Northland	Elliot Bay	Okupe Beach	Matauri Bay	Ngunguru Bar	Fairway Reef	Fairway Reef	The Bluff-South Side	The Box	Fairway Reef	Matauri Bay	Ninety Mile Beach	Matauri Bay	Scott Point	Scott Point	Waipapakauri Beach	Scott Point	Taupo Bay			Daniels Reef	Pakiri beach	Forestry	Moureeses	Takou Bay
Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	2	1	1	3	2	1	1	3	1	2	2	2	2	2			1	2	3	2	2
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Whatipu Auckland	Scott Point Northland	Shag Rock Auckland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Piha North Auckland	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Wainui Beach - Whales Gisborne and Mahia	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tairua Bar Coromandel	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3
Header Global	Cow Bombie Australia	Cow Bombie Australia	Barrancon Chile	Lebu Chile	Lebu Chile	Ranches United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Ranches United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Boners United States	Buchupureo Chile	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Ghost Tree United States	Gerickes Point South Africa
Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	8	7	6	6	7	5	5	9	8	7	6	5	5

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