Ruapuke surf break

Ruapuke surfForecast / Raglan and West Waikato / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 28 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 slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Ruapuke today?

The current surf forecast for Ruapuke at 11AM is: 1.4m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 15s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)5ft (1.5m)10s
Afternoon (28 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Evening (28 Mar)3ft (0.9m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tue
31
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
WNW
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.7
WNW
2
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.9
WNW
0.9
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)1010109914141413131313141414141311888181716
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5234413542872352972892652572532532572652732652692496745025074195107281667
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
5
NE
5
NE
10
WNW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
S
5
ESE
5
E
10
E
10
ENE
5
NW
10
WNW
5
N
10
ENE
15
NE
30
NNE
35
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
W
25
SW
25
SW
35
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
offoffcross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:39AM
2.46
7:18PM
2.35
7:49AM
2.59
8:21PM
2.52
8:43AM
2.75
9:09PM
2.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:59PM
0.69
1:24AM
0.64
2:04PM
0.53
2:24AM
0.49
2:56PM
0.36
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tue
31
Sunrise--7:30-------7:31-------7:31-----
Sunset-----7:21-------7:20-------7:17--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191818181919181817171720191919191920191919191817
Feels °C (?)201919192020191917161620182019181616161717171511
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