Ruapuke surf break

Ruapuke surfForecast / Raglan and West Waikato / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 17 Nov 2025 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
18.4° C
(Which is 2.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Ruapuke today?

The current surf forecast for Ruapuke at 12PM is: 1.0m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Nov)4ft (1.2m)12s
Afternoon (17 Nov)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (17 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
17
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thu
20
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.5
W
0.7
W
1.1
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1
WNW
Period(s) (?)12121212111111111111121111121111101010109999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)59951434125619013510378462975127319429386387352346332278313264207154
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
15
E
20
NE
5
NNE
5
NW
25
ENE
20
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
20
NE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
NE
15
E
5
NE
10
N
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
NW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffglasscross-
on
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscrossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:33AM
2.58
8:45PM
2.61
9:10AM
2.68
9:22PM
2.66
9:46AM
2.76
9:58PM
2.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:18AM
0.49
2:39PM
0.57
2:57AM
0.42
3:19PM
0.51
3:34AM
0.37
3:56PM
0.45
Monday
17
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thu
20
Sunrise-5:58-------5:58-------5:58------
Sunset-----8:12-------8:13-------8:14--
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------1232---1-----
Temp. °C131417212021161616162121221918181818181818191818
Feels °C (?)91113201917131314141919211817191919181719191919
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