Ruapuke surf break

Ruapuke surfForecast / Raglan and West Waikato / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 07 Mar 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
19.2° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Ruapuke today?

The current surf forecast for Ruapuke at 11AM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 07). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Mar)3ft (0.9m)15s
Afternoon (07 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)15s
Evening (07 Mar)5ft (1.6m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tue
10
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
3
4
4
4
2
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
2
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
Period(s) (?)141415151515151515151515151515151516151515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)289371381468612838113314221472138515671396133013301174117412071324144112881254125410741059
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
5
ESE
5
SE
15
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
S
10
ESE
10
E
5
ENE
15
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
S
20
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:51PM
2.92
1:11AM
2.83
1:25PM
2.75
1:47AM
2.68
2:01PM
2.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:49AM
0.22
7:08PM
0.23
7:25AM
0.37
7:42PM
0.40
8:02AM
0.56
8:19PM
0.59
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tue
10
Sunrise--7:09-------7:11-------7:11-----
Sunset-----7:52-------7:51-------7:50--
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141314151718171615151718181817161617181818171716
Feels °C (?)141214131516161615141716161716151516171615151613
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