Tokata surf break

Tokata surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 06 Mar 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
20.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tokata today?

The current surf forecast for Tokata at 6AM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Afternoon (06 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Evening (06 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)9s

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


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Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
Period(s) (?)1010109999999999913131312121211101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)175168131125108106848471717156585857565551504930362728
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
15
N
15
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
10
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:17PM
2.03
9:36AM
2.05
10:00PM
2.02
10:20AM
2.01
10:43PM
1.99
11:03AM
1.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:33AM
0.40
4:02PM
0.34
4:17AM
0.41
4:44PM
0.36
4:58AM
0.45
5:24PM
0.40
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise---6:54-------6:56-------6:56----
Sunset-------7:39-------7:38-------7:37
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151515141820201816161616192120191718171620212119
Feels °C (?)131314121617181614141415182019181617151518191816
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