Ruapuke surf break

Ruapuke surfForecast / Raglan and West Waikato / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 01 Apr 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
19.8° 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 9PM is: 1.5m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)14s
Afternoon (01 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)14s
Evening (01 Apr)5ft (1.5m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
Period(s) (?)141414141414141414131313131313131312121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1099111410999558667337336435615534344273621172652152121311279694699693
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
5
SE
10
S
10
S
5
SSW
0
SSW
5
SE
10
E
5
ENE
15
W
15
WSW
10
SSW
5
SSE
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
W
10
SW
10
SSW
5
SW
5
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
offononcross-
on
crossoffoffoffoffcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:05AM
2.96
10:26PM
2.92
10:40AM
3.00
11:00PM
2.98
11:14AM
2.99
11:33PM
2.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:18PM
0.12
4:34AM
0.17
4:54PM
0.09
5:10AM
0.16
5:27PM
0.10
5:45AM
0.20
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise--------7:33-------7:35-------
Sunset---7:15-------7:14-------7:12----
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141616161616161516161717171615151517171717171615
Feels °C (?)121514151517171416151616171514141416151617171513
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