Tokata surf break

Tokata surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 19 Feb 2026 NZDT
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Tokata surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tokata sea temperature is
21.5° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tokata today?

The current surf forecast for Tokata at 2PM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a North direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 19). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Afternoon (19 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Evening (19 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
NNE
1.3
N
1.2
N
1.1
N
1.1
N
1
N
0.9
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.9
NW
0.5
ENE
0.8
NW
0.5
ENE
0.4
NNW
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)12121110101010999999979791288888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)68644633225424420415711398767675736475456343484039343332
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
20
W
25
W
25
W
25
WNW
20
WNW
25
W
25
W
20
W
25
W
25
W
25
WNW
25
W
20
W
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSE
15
ESE
10
ESE
5
ENE
5
NNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:52AM
2.09
9:06PM
1.99
9:33AM
2.09
9:49PM
2.01
10:17AM
2.07
10:34PM
2.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:40AM
0.41
3:15PM
0.42
3:24AM
0.37
3:59PM
0.35
4:10AM
0.37
4:43PM
0.31
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
Sunrise-6:39-------6:39-------6:41------
Sunset-----8:00-------7:59-------7:58--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171619212322191919192022232219171715192119181617
Feels °C (?)141315172020161717171517191916151513161917181616
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