Ruapuke Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.88° S 174.77° E

Ruapuke 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 29 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Ruapuke sea temperature is
14.1°C
0.1° 

Ruapuke surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Ruapuke today (29 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 16s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 14s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Ruapuke at 9PM is: 2.4m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 29). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Sep)10ft (3.0m)16s
Afternoon (29 Sep)8ft (2.5m)15s
Evening (29 Sep)8ft (2.4m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Very mild (max 13°C on Tue morning, min 11°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Tue morning, light winds from the SSW by Tue night).

Tue
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
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
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
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3
3
2
2
2
3
3
2
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
WSW
16
2.5
WSW
16
2.5
WSW
15
2.5
WSW
14
2.4
WSW
14
2.3
WSW
14
2.2
WSW
14
2.2
WSW
14
2
WSW
14
1.9
WSW
14
1.9
WSW
14
1.8
WSW
14
1.8
WSW
14
1.7
WSW
14
1.7
WSW
15
1.7
WSW
15
1.7
WSW
15
1.6
WSW
15
1.6
WSW
14
1.7
WSW
14
1.6
WSW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3659
3326
2991
2634
2312
2136
2025
1887
1690
1538
1538
1393
1393
1257
1275
1161
1161
1091
1076
1114
996
Wind (km/h)
30
SW
30
WSW
25
SW
25
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
25
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
Wind State
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
11:56AM3.09m
00:12AM3.06m
12:35PM3.03m
00:53AM2.93m
1:19PM2.91m
Low Tide
6:07PM0.08m
6:28AM0.04m
6:51PM0.17m
7:12AM0.18m
7:39PM0.33m
rain showers
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clear
clear
clear
clear
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7:22
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 mm
1
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Temp °C
12
13
13
13
12
12
12
12
13
13
13
13
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
11
Feels °C
5
7
8
8
8
8
9
10
11
11
10
11
9
10
10
9
7
8
7
7
6
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