Tokata 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 37.60° S 178.32° E

Issued: 12 pm 23 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Tokata sea temperature is

14.9°C

Tokata surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Tokata today (23 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 10s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tokata at 6PM is: 0.2m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 23). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (23 Oct)	1ft (0.3m)	10s
Afternoon (23 Oct)	0.5ft (0.2m)	10s
Evening (23 Oct)	0.5ft (0.2m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Fri morning, min 12°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri afternoon, fresh winds from the W by Sun night).
	Fri 23					Saturday 24								Sunday 25
	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	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 10	NE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 9	SE 10	SE 10	ENE 9	SE 10	SE 9	SE 9	E 14	SE 12	SE 11	SE 10	SE 10	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12
Wave Graph
kJ	15	15	10	9	8	15	15	8	14	14	13	15	23	19	17	16	27	12	11	11	11
Wind (km/h)	SE	ESE	ESE	NNE	WNW	WNW	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross-on	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	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide				5:08PM1.95m				5:24AM1.87m				5:53PM2.01m				6:17AM1.94m				6:38PM2.05m
Low Tide		10:51AM0.69m				11:26PM0.62m				11:40AM0.65m				00:17AM0.55m				12:30PM0.62m


	6:11	—	—	—	—	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	7:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:31	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	19	18	16	14	14	13	13	18	19	18	15	13	13	13	12	16	18	18	16	14
Feels °C	16	16	16	15	13	12	11	10	15	15	14	12	10	10	9	8	11	13	13	13	10
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 4	NW 4	WNW 4	WNW 4	ENE 9	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 12	SE 11	SE 10	SE 10	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12
kJ	4	4	3	1	8	15	15	23	14	14	13	13	23	19	17	16	27	12	11	11	11
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 10	NE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ESE 5	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	SE 13	SE 13	E 14	E 13	E 13	E 13	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10
kJ	15	15	10	9	2	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	14	14	13	12	10	10	10	9	9
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 10	SE 5	SSE 5	ESE 5	SSE 10	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	SE 14	NE 9	E 14	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11
kJ	10	1	2	2	9	6	6	6	6	7	3	15	3	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	5
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 5	SSE 5	—	—	—	—	—	—	WNW 2	WNW 3	WNW 3	WNW 4	WNW 4	NW 4	WNW 5	WNW 5	WNW 5	WNW 5	WNW 5	WNW 5	WNW 5
kJ	5	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	5	9	11	12	19	36	59	91	138	112	64	54
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Three Points East Cape	Three Points East Cape	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Waiapu River East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Tuamotu Island Gisborne and Mahia	Waiapu River East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	76	76	168	24	24	24	24	24	24	70	59	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	125	24	24
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Rating (10 max)	1	1		1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1		1	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	6	6	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	6	5	5	5	4	5	5	5

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