Ruapuke surf break

Ruapuke surfForecast / Raglan and West Waikato / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 03 Jul 2025 NZST
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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
15.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Ruapuke today?

The current surf forecast for Ruapuke at 1PM is: 1.6m 10s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.8m 13s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 03). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Afternoon (03 Jul)6ft (1.9m)11s
Evening (03 Jul)7ft (2.1m)11s

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

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Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WSW
1.5
NW
1.9
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
1.9
NW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1.8
NW
2.1
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.2
W
0.3
W
0.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)1310111111111717161616910111111121111111110101010109141414141414131313131314131313131313141414131313131313131313212019
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)398878124414321803163614611340911830909109414191360155316711581133611711090962899796755748718577472423383351338350331314260250192206192166158158158156163164162158158118116991031021317867128160
Wind
(km/h)
30
NE
35
NE
35
NNE
30
N
15
NE
15
ENE
15
NNE
20
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
25
N
25
N
25
N
20
NNE
20
N
20
N
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
5
NE
10
ESE
5
ESE
10
SE
10
E
10
ESE
5
ESE
10
SW
5
SW
5
ESE
10
ENE
10
E
10
E
15
E
15
E
10
E
10
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
ESE
15
E
10
E
5
ENE
10
E
10
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
E
25
E
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
20
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
onglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:32PM
2.32
3:50AM
2.36
4:29PM
2.28
4:47AM
2.29
5:29PM
2.28
5:47AM
2.27
6:27PM
2.34
6:45AM
2.31
7:21PM
2.43
7:38AM
2.38
8:09PM
2.54
8:25AM
2.48
8:53PM
2.66
9:09AM
2.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:25AM
0.67
9:44PM
0.82
10:16AM
0.74
10:41PM
0.89
11:10AM
0.78
11:40PM
0.91
12:05PM
0.77
12:37AM
0.87
12:59PM
0.72
1:30AM
0.79
1:48PM
0.64
2:19AM
0.69
2:34PM
0.54
3:03AM
0.58
3:17PM
0.43
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Sunrise7:37-------7:37-------7:37-------7:35-------7:35-------7:35-------7:35-------7:35---
Sunset--5:13-------5:13-------5:14-------5:14-------5:15-------5:15-------5:15-------5:15-
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Rain (mm)
131620851----1144333431----------------------------------222112
Temp. °C151616171716171615171816171515151616161513131312121313141412111010111211109910101112121111101091112101099910121212
Feels °C (?)101110131614161312141412141212121414151512121210101212131398667986446679108765478654435999
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