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Ruapuke surfForecast / Raglan and West Waikato / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 09 Dec 2025 NZDTForecast 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) & Date | Wave Height | Wave 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
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| 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 679 | 672 | 449 | 604 | 285 | 318 | 313 | 343 | 457 | 452 | 353 | 324 | 208 | 170 | 451 | 596 | 523 | 538 | 514 | 514 | 585 | 557 | 461 | 874 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross | cross- off | cross- off | off | glass | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | off | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | glass | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on | on | cross- 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 |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
| Feels °C (?) | 20 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 13 |
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