Rutaki Passage Surf Forecast

/ Rarotonga (7 surf breaks) /

Cook Islands (7 surf breaks)

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Rutaki Passage surfForecast / Rarotonga / Cook Islands

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 19 Aug 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 24.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Rutaki Passage today?

The current surf forecast for Rutaki Passage at 5AM is: 1.0m 20s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.1m 11s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 19). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (-10) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Aug)	3.5ft (1.0m)	19s
Afternoon (19 Aug)	4ft (1.2m)	18s
Evening (19 Aug)	4.5ft (1.3m)	16s

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

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		Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20								Thursday 21
	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSE	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SW
Period(s) (?)	11	20	20	19	18	18	18	16	16	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	11
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	1625	1086	1097	1170	1210	1225	1155	920	966	987	996	751	750	612	532	405	339	325	366	332	309	394	592	591
Wind (km/h)	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ENE	ESE	SE	SE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				5:58AM 0.66				6:33PM 0.51				6:47AM 0.69				7:18PM 0.54				7:32AM 0.70				7:59PM 0.57
Low Tide / height (m)		11:22PM 0.00				12:09PM -0.09				12:13AM -0.03				12:55PM -0.12				12:59AM -0.06				1:36PM -0.12

		Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20								Thursday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22
Feels °C (?)	18	18	19	19	20	21	21	20	22	22	22	23	23	24	25	24	24	24	22	22	21	22	21	20

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Rarotonga

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Rutaki Passage (light winds from the E at Avarua-Rarotonga International Airport 7 km from Rutaki Passage). 1.5m 11s groundswell from the SSE with a 0.8m 20s long period groundswell from the SSW and a 0.5m 15s groundswell from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 6 minutes ago Rutaki Passage

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2 h 6 min ago

7 km/h

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