Ruapuke surf break

Ruapuke surfForecast / Raglan and West Waikato / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 24 Mar 2026 NZDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
19.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ruapuke today?

The current surf forecast for Ruapuke at 5PM is: 1.1m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Mar)4ft (1.2m)14s
Afternoon (24 Mar)4ft (1.2m)14s
Evening (24 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
1
NW
1.6
NW
1.7
NW
1.7
WNW
Period(s) (?)141414131313131312121212121212161615141412131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5695344213963262652611861691291291311319496144188309236264268796822821
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
5
E
10
SE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
15
E
20
E
25
E
25
E
25
ENE
20
E
30
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
45
ENE
45
ENE
45
ENE
45
ENE
45
ENE
45
ENE
40
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:10PM
2.75
2:41AM
2.72
3:07PM
2.51
3:46AM
2.53
4:23PM
2.33
5:10AM
2.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:09AM
0.32
8:32PM
0.37
9:07AM
0.53
9:34PM
0.58
10:18AM
0.70
10:49PM
0.72
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise--------7:26-------7:28-------
Sunset---7:27-------7:25-------7:23----
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------12121066331-141
Temp. °C162022211817161616181817161717171717171717171717
Feels °C (?)141920181615141313141515121312101010101010111213
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Ruapuke surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest