Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Ruapuke today (05 Nov):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 13s period with WSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 13s period with WSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Ruapuke at 10PM is: 1.0m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (05 Nov) | - | - |
| Afternoon (05 Nov) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 13s |
| Evening (05 Nov) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Ruapuke. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 18mm), heaviest on Sat morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Fri morning, min 15°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Thu 5 | Friday 6 | Saturday 7 | Sun 8 | |||||||||||||||||||
4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | NW 7 | NW 7 | WNW 7 | WNW 7 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 326 | 321 | 312 | 241 | 233 | 167 | 127 | 125 | 93 | 90 | 190 | 190 | 147 | 136 | 133 | 120 | 117 | 117 | 126 | 188 | 297 | 250 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | glassy | cross-off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 7:43PM2.67m | 8:15AM2.65m | 8:31PM2.75m | 8:58AM2.77m | 9:12PM2.80m | |||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:58AM0.38m | 2:19PM0.44m | 2:44AM0.28m | 3:05PM0.36m | 3:25AM0.22m | |||||||||||||||||
 |  |  |  |  | |  |  | | | |  | | | |  | | |  | | |  | |
 | — | — | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:07 | — |
 | — | 7:58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | — | 8:01 |
mm | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Temp °C | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 |
Feels °C | 19 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | NW 6 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | NW 7 | NW 7 | WNW 7 | WNW 7 |
| kJ | 326 | 321 | 312 | 241 | 233 | 167 | 127 | 125 | 93 | 37 | 190 | 190 | 147 | 136 | 133 | 120 | 117 | 117 | 126 | 188 | 297 | 250 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 7 | WNW 7 | WNW 7 | NW 6 | NW 6 | NW 6 | NW 5 | WNW 6 | W 11 | WSW 12 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 |
| kJ | 11 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 90 | 73 | 49 | 48 | 54 | 56 | 56 | 53 | 49 | 70 | 70 | 68 | 78 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 8 | — | W 21 | W 20 | W 16 | W 16 | W 17 | W 17 | W 17 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 16 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 30 | — | 9 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 44 | 46 | 85 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NW 6 | — | — | — | NE 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 37 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158 | 147 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 197 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 117 | 116 | 116 |
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