Tokata surf break

Tokata surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 26 Nov 2025 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
18.6° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tokata today?

The current surf forecast for Tokata at 2AM is: 1.2m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Nov)5ft (1.5m)11s
Afternoon (26 Nov)6ft (1.8m)11s
Evening (26 Nov)6.5ft (2.0m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
3
2
1
2
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.5
NE
1.6
NE
1.8
NE
1.8
NE
2.1
NE
2.2
NE
2.3
NE
2.3
NE
2.2
NE
2.2
NE
2.2
NE
2.2
NE
2
ENE
2
ENE
1.9
NE
1.9
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
Period(s) (?)88881111111111111111111111111110101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1971971971575155687877929991172123412111128107010511051903886800741612567500461
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
10
SE
5
SSE
5
SE
10
NNE
10
N
15
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NW
5
WNW
10
NW
15
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
15
W
15
W
15
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:08PM
1.91
11:45AM
1.98
11:48PM
1.90
12:32PM
1.98
12:31AM
1.88
1:18PM
1.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:25AM
0.59
6:02PM
0.69
6:08AM
0.59
6:50PM
0.69
6:53AM
0.60
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Sunrise---5:41-------5:39-------5:39----
Sunset-------8:06-------8:07-------8:07
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161616172021212017171617202222201717171923242322
Feels °C (?)151616182021202017181718202120181516161822222121
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