Ruapuke surf break

Ruapuke surfForecast / Raglan and West Waikato / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 19 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
18.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Ruapuke today?

The current surf forecast for Ruapuke at 9AM is: 2.0m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.5m 9s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)13s
Afternoon (19 Apr)7ft (2.1m)14s
Evening (19 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)15s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
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1
3
!
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!
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!
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!
!
4
4
3
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
NW
1.9
WSW
2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.2
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.3
W
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)9141313141515151514141414131313121212128888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)78313841398153516282218235625122512281425702280177013701077810657513237180297268275284
Wind
(km/h)
25
NW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
N
25
NNW
5
W
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
10
ENE
10
N
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
ESE
10
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
S
20
S
30
S
45
S
50
S
45
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
crossglassoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:36AM
3.16
11:01PM
3.20
11:21AM
3.07
11:47PM
3.11
12:09PM
2.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:30AM
-0.04
4:51PM
-0.10
5:17AM
0.02
5:37PM
0.01
6:06AM
0.14
6:27PM
0.18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
Sunrise--6:50-------6:50-------6:52-----
Sunset----5:49-------5:46-------5:45---
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
thunderstorm
light rain
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
542-12--12333311-1------
Temp. °C171717171714141313131415151615141313131312111112
Feels °C (?)1415161413131311111213131416141311111085113
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