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Ruapuke surf break

Ruapuke surfForecast / Raglan and West Waikato / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 12 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
20.8° C
 (Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ruapuke today?

The current surf forecast for Ruapuke at 1PM is: 2.3m 11s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)8ft (2.4m)12s
Afternoon (12 Jan)7ft (2.2m)11s
Evening (12 Jan)6ft (1.8m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
3
1
0
1
0
1
2
2
2
0
1
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
W
2.3
W
2.4
W
2.3
W
2.2
W
2
W
1.7
W
1.5
W
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)1312121111111110121212111111101010101010109910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14461581158413471208969657441508560741645561485400333312260209205159124124105
Wind
(km/h)
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
10
S
10
SE
0
WSW
15
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SE
5
SE
5
N
10
W
10
W
5
SW
5
S
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		glassonononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassononcross-
on		glasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:01AM
2.27
5:20PM
2.25
6:06AM
2.23
6:27PM
2.20
7:12AM
2.27
7:33PM
2.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:16AM
0.91
11:47PM
0.82
12:20PM
0.97
12:48AM
0.85
1:25PM
0.95
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
Sunrise-6:11-------6:11-------6:13------
Sunset-----8:45-------8:45-------8:45--
clear
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---1--------------------
Temp. °C202019181818171614131516171717161615181718191818
Feels °C (?)181817141414131313121614141415151514181617191918
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