Tokata surf break

Tokata surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 21 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
21.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Tokata today?

The current surf forecast for Tokata at 8AM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 21). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (21 Feb)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (21 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)8s

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

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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
NW
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.3
NNW
0.5
E
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)777988888888118111188888998
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)715757434140513333323029243124242021212122212119
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
10
SW
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSE
10
E
10
N
10
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
WSW
15
SW
5
SSW
10
S
5
SE
5
E
5
ENE
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:49PM
2.01
10:17AM
2.07
10:34PM
2.02
11:04AM
2.04
11:23PM
2.02
11:53AM
2.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:10AM
0.37
4:43PM
0.31
4:57AM
0.38
5:28PM
0.31
5:45AM
0.42
6:15PM
0.33
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise---6:41-------6:43-------6:43----
Sunset-------7:58-------7:55-------7:54
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191816141920201916161717192021211816161519201919
Feels °C (?)161713111718191815141514151516181614151418191919
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