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Tokata surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 04 Dec 2025 NZDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
19.1° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Tokata today?
The current surf forecast for Tokata at 5AM is: 2.2m 8s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am December 04). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (04 Dec) | 7ft (2.2m) | 9s |
| Afternoon (04 Dec) | 7ft (2.1m) | 9s |
| Evening (04 Dec) | 5ft (1.6m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Tokata. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 342 | 504 | 530 | 714 | 764 | 750 | 688 | 551 | 393 | 228 | 225 | 222 | 212 | 195 | 190 | 251 | 251 | 248 | 248 | 245 | 233 | 212 | 209 | 209 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | off | cross- off | off | glass | cross | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 6:20AM 2.18 | 6:40PM 2.19 | 7:21AM 2.28 | 7:39PM 2.24 | 8:17AM 2.36 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 12:09AM 0.48 | 12:38PM 0.59 | 1:07AM 0.44 | 1:38PM 0.55 | 2:02AM 0.40 | 2:34PM 0.53 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 04 | Friday 05 | Saturday 06 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | 5:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:37 | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:15 |
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Rain (mm) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 19 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
| Feels °C (?) | 16 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 24 |
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