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Ruapuke surf break

Ruapuke surfForecast / Raglan and West Waikato / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 16 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
21.1° C
 (Which is 2.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ruapuke today?

The current surf forecast for Ruapuke at 4PM is: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a West direction, 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Afternoon (16 Jan)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (16 Jan)3ft (0.9m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
2
1
2
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
SW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)141414141313131313131212121211111111111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)394389307290282277273269454373350274265239204160128113858484826161
Wind
(km/h)
20
WNW
20
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
15
WNW
10
NNW
5
ENE
10
E
10
NW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
E
20
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
5
SSE
5
E
25
ESE
25
E
25
E
20
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crossoffoffcross-
on		oncross-
on		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crossoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:02AM
2.48
9:19PM
2.43
9:46AM
2.62
10:01PM
2.55
10:26AM
2.75
10:41PM
2.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:13PM
0.74
3:27AM
0.59
3:57PM
0.61
4:09AM
0.46
4:36PM
0.48
4:48AM
0.35
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise-------6:16-------6:16-------6:18
Sunset---8:44-------8:44-------8:43----
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Rain (mm)
1-----------12----------
Temp. °C202021201919181920212121181414141517212118151415
Feels °C (?)18181818171718201920192017101111111419201310911
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