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Ruapuke surf break

Ruapuke surfForecast / Raglan and West Waikato / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 21 Jan 2026 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
21.4° C
 (Which is 2.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ruapuke today?

The current surf forecast for Ruapuke at 5AM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 21). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (21 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (21 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.7
WSW
1.2
W
0.3
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
WSW
2.3
WNW
2.5
W
Period(s) (?)121414141313131313131212122121202019181818171616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)397612312112010199966562585712713027919619419223239939939426193258
Wind
(km/h)
35
E
40
E
40
E
40
E
40
E
40
ENE
45
ENE
40
E
50
E
45
E
25
E
10
NNE
25
W
30
W
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
25
W
30
WNW
35
WNW
40
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		ononononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:54PM
2.79
12:13PM
3.00
12:30AM
2.81
12:49PM
3.00
1:08AM
2.80
1:25PM
2.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:01AM
0.20
6:28PM
0.22
6:38AM
0.20
7:06PM
0.19
7:17AM
0.23
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise---6:20-------6:22-------6:22----
Sunset-------8:42-------8:40-------8:40
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
--11324311671------111112
Temp. °C171718171718181819202122212020202020191919202019
Feels °C (?)111112111112121212142025201717181818171816161613
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