Ruapuke surf break

Ruapuke surfForecast / Raglan and West Waikato / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 19 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
18.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Ruapuke today?

The current surf forecast for Ruapuke at 5PM is: 2.2m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.4m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)13s
Afternoon (19 Apr)7ft (2.1m)14s
Evening (19 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)15s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
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4
4
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.2
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.3
W
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.2
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)131314151515151414141413131312121212888887
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)139815351587216723562558251228142542228017701370107780067051324118417323220315113691
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
15
N
20
NNW
20
NW
15
N
10
ENE
15
E
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
N
15
N
5
NE
10
ESE
5
E
10
SE
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
S
35
S
45
SSW
40
S
35
S
30
S
30
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:36AM
3.16
11:01PM
3.20
11:21AM
3.07
11:47PM
3.11
12:09PM
2.90
12:37AM
2.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:51PM
-0.10
5:17AM
0.02
5:37PM
0.01
6:06AM
0.14
6:27PM
0.18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise6:50-------6:50-------6:52-------
Sunset--5:49-------5:46-------5:45-----
rain showers
clear
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1-11-12112211-1-----13--
Temp. °C171818161513131415161615141414131313111110111112
Feels °C (?)1616151313111011121213141313121198412345
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