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Ruapuke surf break

Ruapuke surfForecast / Raglan and West Waikato / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 09 Dec 2025 NZDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
19.9° C
(Which is 3.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Ruapuke today?

The current surf forecast for Ruapuke at 6AM is: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.8m 13s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am December 09). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Dec)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Afternoon (09 Dec)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Evening (09 Dec)4.5ft (1.3m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
3
3
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
2
3
3
2
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
WSW
1.5
W
1.3
W
1.5
W
1.1
W
1
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.4
W
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1
W
0.7
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)131212121112121211111110101313141313131312121214
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)679672449604285318313343457452353324208170451596523538514514585557461874
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
5
E
10
ESE
10
E
5
WNW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
10
S
10
E
10
E
5
E
10
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
25
SSW
20
S
5
S
5
SSE
5
SE
5
W
15
W
15
WSW
30
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:11AM
2.80
1:38PM
2.98
2:03AM
2.65
2:30PM
2.81
2:59AM
2.50
3:25PM
2.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:25AM
0.21
8:03PM
0.30
8:18AM
0.37
8:57PM
0.43
9:14AM
0.53
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Sunrise---5:50-------5:50-------5:52----
Sunset-------8:34-------8:34-------8:35
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C201918172019202120171616181820191717171617181818
Feels °C (?)201917162117171919161515171618161517181617171713
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