Ruapuke surf break

Ruapuke surfForecast / Raglan and West Waikato / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 19 Jul 2025 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
14.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Ruapuke today?

The current surf forecast for Ruapuke at 6PM is: 2.0m 17s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jul)6.5ft (2.0m)16s
Afternoon (19 Jul)5ft (1.6m)14s
Evening (19 Jul)6ft (1.9m)17s

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

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Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.6
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)161514171717161617171616161616161616161616151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)214216851760226520761860169715621790180016361576141113931239121112081193115012081375144114041330
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
0
WNW
10
SSW
10
S
5
SE
5
ESE
10
ENE
5
E
10
E
5
E
10
WSW
10
SSW
5
SSE
10
S
10
SSE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
S
10
SW
5
S
10
ESE
10
E
15
E
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:09PM
2.53
4:35AM
2.53
5:21PM
2.54
5:49AM
2.51
6:33PM
2.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:57AM
0.46
10:28PM
0.62
11:02AM
0.51
11:39PM
0.63
12:10PM
0.50
12:48AM
0.57
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Sunrise7:31-------7:31-------7:30-------
Sunset--5:22-------5:22-------5:23-----
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C912121212111099111211111087810111111987
Feels °C (?)71110101198769109975457888543
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32 km away, 48 min ago

2 km/h
E
11.9
14.8
Air / Water (°C)
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