Ruakaka surf break

Ruakaka surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 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 7PM is: 0.2m 11s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 19). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.5m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Afternoon (19 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Evening (19 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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
Wednesday
22
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
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
E
0.4
NE
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
1.4
N
0.3
ENE
0.3
E
0.3
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.8
NNE
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)1111111191010111010101078888871111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)121211921223222201312132220623959588284
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
10
NNE
15
NW
10
WNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
0
NNW
0
E
10
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross
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)
2:49PM
0.32
3:14AM
0.50
3:39PM
0.32
4:08AM
0.52
4:31PM
0.36
5:04AM
0.56
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise6:48-------6:50-------6:50-------
Sunset--5:52-------5:51-------5:50-----
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---1112--122--121-------
Temp. °C172021161515141315171614131313121417161312121213
Feels °C (?)1719191614141111131515131213131112141286778
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