Ruapuke surf break

Ruapuke surfForecast / Raglan and West Waikato / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 19 Oct 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
15.8° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Ruapuke today?

The current surf forecast for Ruapuke at 3AM is: 1.9m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Oct)7ft (2.2m)16s
Afternoon (19 Oct)7.5ft (2.3m)15s
Evening (19 Oct)7ft (2.2m)15s

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

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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
2
!
!
!
!
0
!
3
3
4
3
1
2
!
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
WSW
1.8
WSW
2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.2
W
2.3
W
2.3
W
2.3
W
2.1
W
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.9
WSW
2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
2.3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
Period(s) (?)161517161615151515151515151514141413131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11501422216222242386250224042372193610741074104512371602166717241483919577390384181121352392
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
15
N
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
WNW
15
SSW
5
SSW
10
SSW
0
SSE
10
WNW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
35
NW
35
NW
35
NW
30
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:41PM
2.70
9:05AM
2.67
9:19PM
2.78
9:41AM
2.78
9:53PM
2.84
10:13AM
2.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:54AM
0.38
3:10PM
0.41
3:31AM
0.28
3:47PM
0.34
4:05AM
0.22
4:22PM
0.29
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise---6:31-------6:30-------6:28----
Sunset-------7:40-------7:42-------7:43
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141415151616161613131212131416161615151516161616
Feels °C (?)111111111111121310111011111213131311111111101112
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Raglan and West Waikato

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still offshore at Ruapuke (light winds from the ENE at Port Taharoa Automatic Weather Station 32 km from Ruapuke). A 1.8m groundswell from the WSW

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32 km away, 1 h 19 min ago

13 km/h
ENE
0.0
15.8
Air / Water (°C)
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