Rutaki Passage surfForecast / Rarotonga / Cook Islands

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 06 Oct 2025 -10
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Rutaki Passage surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Rutaki Passage sea temperature is
23.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Rutaki Passage today?

The current surf forecast for Rutaki Passage at 7PM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 06). An open ocean swell of 2.2m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (-10) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Afternoon (06 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (06 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)11s

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

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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
SW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)111111111818101415151514141413131313121212121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)20417613510179634258170156246325419447421458451408325299247273215160
Wind
(km/h)
35
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
25
NE
30
NE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
25
SE
35
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:16PM
0.81
8:41AM
0.76
9:03PM
0.81
9:31AM
0.71
9:53PM
0.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:44PM
-0.08
2:11AM
-0.09
2:28PM
-0.06
3:01AM
-0.08
3:15PM
-0.02
3:57AM
-0.04
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise-------6:13-------6:13-------6:13
Sunset--6:38-------6:38-------6:38-----
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
----1----1-1331---------
Temp. °C232323232323232324242424242524242524242423232422
Feels °C (?)202121222222232224252525242625262726262624242320
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Rarotonga

  1. weather stationWind Update Offshore wind reported 6 km from Rutaki Passage (moderate winds from the E at Avarua-Rarotonga International Airport 6 km from Rutaki Passage). 0.8m 11s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.2m 18s long period groundswell from the SW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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26 km/h
E
Cross-Off
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