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Ruapuke surf break

Ruapuke surfForecast / Raglan and West Waikato / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 08 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
20.9° 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 10AM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Afternoon (08 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Evening (08 Jan)6ft (1.8m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)12121211117777101010111313131312121212121115
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)125125123115466312349218134138394374408253261265261241477539461454349381
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SW
30
SW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
30
W
30
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
5
WNW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononononononononcross-
on		ononononcross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:39AM
2.77
2:00PM
2.91
2:24AM
2.64
2:44PM
2.73
3:11AM
2.50
3:30PM
2.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:52AM
0.26
8:24PM
0.31
8:38AM
0.43
9:10PM
0.46
9:26AM
0.62
9:57PM
0.61
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
Sunrise-6:07-------6:07-------6:09------
Sunset-----8:45-------8:45-------8:45--
clear
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cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181818191918181818181919191919191918191919201919
Feels °C (?)151515151513141515151617161619181817191919202020
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