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Level 5/10
Rutaki Passage
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
🪸Sharp reef
Rutaki Passage is an exposed reef break on Rarotonga's west coast that has quite reliable surf. An awesome left-hander that is often hollow, best at mid-to-high tide with NE winds and SW swell. Less intense than Avaavaroa, making it a solid intermediate-level option on the island.
3-Day Forecast
Today's Conditions
Swell
1.7m
S(188°)
Score: 19/25
Period
12s
Medium period swell
Score: 23/25
Wind
28km/h
N(2°)
Score: 2/25
Weather
27°C
1.7mm100%
Windswell Component
0.7mN@3s
Secondary Swell
0.9mNW
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
morning
AM: 29 km/h N|PM: 26 km/h N
Similar wind — morning has better tide for this spot
High tide at 7am (0.9m)
Location & Conditions
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Swell
Wind
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Tide Times
1:10 am
Low tide - 0.43m
7:18 am
High tide - 0.86m
1:30 pm
Low tide - 0.42m
7:54 pm
High tide - 0.90m
Times shown in spot-local time.
Strike Score Breakdown
39
PoorComponents
Swell Direction7/25
Swell Size19/25
Swell Period23/25
Wind2/25
Raw Score51/100
Adjustments
Wind History-4
🌊💨 Windswell-3
⚠️ Weak Component-5
Adjusted Score39/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score39
Location & Conditions
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Spot Details
Swell Requirements
- Optimal direction
- SW (225°)
- Direction range
- 180° - 260°
- Size range
- 0.6m - 2.5m
- Ideal size
- 2.0m
- Height multiplier
- 1.03×
- Ideal period
- 13s+
Wind Requirements
- Optimal direction
- NE (45°)
- Offshore range
- 10° - 80°
Tide Requirements
- Optimal tide
- mid to high
- Optimal range
- 0.5m - 1.6m
Water temp
26°C
Wetsuit
Boardshorts / Rashguard
Difficulty
5/10
Crowd level
2/10
Access: Shore access. 7km from airport.
Best Season
Peak: Mar-Oct
Autumn-winter for consistent SW groundswells.
Getting There
Airport
RARDrive time
15 minData quality
unverified