Ruapuke surf break

Ruapuke surfForecast / Raglan and West Waikato / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 10 Dec 2025 NZDT
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Ruapuke surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Ruapuke sea temperature is
20.3° C
(Which is 3.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Ruapuke today?

The current surf forecast for Ruapuke at 7PM is: 1.2m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm December 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Dec)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Afternoon (10 Dec)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Evening (10 Dec)4ft (1.2m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Saturday
13
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
W
0.7
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.6
WSW
2.2
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
2.3
WSW
1.9
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.4
WSW
2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)10131314131313131212121414141313991388131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)208170451596523538514506585566461103120338377787678836011693741525396781690
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
20
WSW
20
SW
25
SSW
20
S
10
S
10
S
5
SSE
5
WSW
10
WNW
15
W
25
SW
35
SW
35
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
30
SW
25
SW
40
SSW
20
S
15
E
10
E
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossoncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crossoffcross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:30PM
2.81
2:59AM
2.50
3:25PM
2.65
3:59AM
2.38
4:24PM
2.50
5:02AM
2.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:18AM
0.37
8:57PM
0.43
9:14AM
0.53
9:54PM
0.55
10:12AM
0.68
10:52PM
0.64
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Saturday
13
Sunrise-------5:52-------5:52-------5:52
Sunset---8:34-------8:35-------8:36----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181920191817161517181919171716161717192019151414
Feels °C (?)1817171616161515171818151111881011141215121111
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