Ruapuke surf break

Ruapuke surfForecast / Raglan and West Waikato / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 31 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
19.9° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ruapuke today?

The current surf forecast for Ruapuke at 2PM is: 2.5m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.0m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 31). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)10ft (3.0m)9s
Afternoon (31 Mar)8ft (2.5m)10s
Evening (31 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
4
4
4
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
1
0
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
WSW
2.2
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
Period(s) (?)1616910101091414141414141414141414141313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)160623891205136511968566063896781083109911141099904866743733643561553434362156119
Wind
(km/h)
35
SW
35
SW
40
SW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SSW
20
ESE
20
E
15
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
SE
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
ENE
10
W
10
SW
10
SSW
5
SE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
crossoffoffoffglassononcross-
on
glassoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:27AM
2.88
9:50PM
2.82
10:05AM
2.96
10:26PM
2.92
10:40AM
3.00
11:00PM
2.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:13AM
0.34
3:40PM
0.22
3:55AM
0.23
4:18PM
0.12
4:34AM
0.17
4:54PM
0.09
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
Sunrise--7:33-------7:33-------7:33-----
Sunset-----7:16-------7:15-------7:14--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171716161717161413131416161616151515161717171616
Feels °C (?)1111991213121010111215141515141314161615161615
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