Ruapuki Part 2: A companion shot to this previous landscape Ruapuki I've only ever been there a few times but each of those times its been extremely windy with rough seas. A true New Zealand west coast beach you might say. I don't think it needs a lot said about it. You don't really talk much when you're at this kind of beach, you just huddle up against the cold, let the wind push you around a bit and enjoy it for what it is. Wild.