Ruapuke surf break

Ruapuke surfForecast / Raglan and West Waikato / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 19 Nov 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
18.1° C
(Which is 2.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Ruapuke today?

The current surf forecast for Ruapuke at 6AM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Nov)4ft (1.2m)10s
Afternoon (19 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (19 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.4
WSW
2
W
2
W
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
Period(s) (?)11111010101099988881514141413131313131414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)35933433330223522617616815712614724431886016401576134711791073960946867947961
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
25
NE
15
NW
15
NNE
20
ENE
15
E
5
NNE
5
NE
10
N
10
NNW
15
NW
20
NNW
20
WNW
20
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
WSW
10
W
15
WSW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
on
cross-
off
offoffglassglasscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
ononononcross-
on
crossglassglassononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:22PM
2.66
9:46AM
2.76
9:58PM
2.70
10:21AM
2.82
10:34PM
2.72
10:56AM
2.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:34AM
0.37
3:56PM
0.45
4:09AM
0.34
4:32PM
0.42
4:44AM
0.34
5:08PM
0.42
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Sunrise---5:58-------5:56-------5:56----
Sunset-------8:14-------8:15-------8:15
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
815178431-----------------
Temp. °C191918171617171818181717181717161616151516161817
Feels °C (?)171718161417181919181615161616161617151516151615
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