Ruapuke surf break

Ruapuke surfForecast / Raglan and West Waikato / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 04 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
20.1° C
(Which is 3.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Ruapuke today?

The current surf forecast for Ruapuke at 2AM is: 2.5m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm December 04). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Dec)7ft (2.2m)9s
Afternoon (05 Dec)5.5ft (1.7m)8s
Evening (05 Dec)4.5ft (1.4m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)1010101010109888713121212111111111111111313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7949171004121214051033660439322257199132127158153188308373373359353353744744
Wind
(km/h)
30
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
40
SW
35
SW
30
SW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
SW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossonon
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:50PM
3.02
10:19AM
3.17
10:41PM
3.05
11:08AM
3.22
11:30PM
3.02
11:57AM
3.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:04AM
-0.03
4:35PM
0.04
4:54AM
-0.05
5:26PM
0.02
5:44AM
-0.01
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Sunrise-----5:52-------5:50-------5:50--
Sunset-8:29-------8:30-------8:30------
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171717171717181818171717171717181818181716161818
Feels °C (?)111110101010131414141516171817171616171716161717
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