Tokata 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 37.60° S 178.32° E

Issued: 12 am 04 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Tokata sea temperature is

15.6°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 (04 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 7s period with NNE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 7s period with NNE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 7s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tokata at 4AM is: 1.1m 7s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (04 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	7s
Afternoon (04 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	7s
Evening (04 Nov)	3.5ft (1.0m)	7s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 20°C on Thu afternoon, min 14°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 4								Thursday 5								Friday 6								Sat 7
	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	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 6	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NE 7	N 7	NNW 7	N 7	N 7	NNW 7	NE 7	NE 7	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 7
Wave Graph
kJ	88	105	108	108	105	85	85	85	110	105	262	289	258	212	121	77	77	74	57	60	60	60	62	76	161	178	255
Wind (km/h)	NW	WNW	NW	N	N	N	N	NE	N	NE	E	ENE	NNE	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NW	NNW	NNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on	on	cross-on	glassy	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide		2:38AM1.93m				3:16PM2.04m				3:43AM1.90m					4:14PM2.00m				4:45AM1.91m				5:10PM1.98m				5:43AM1.94m
Low Tide				8:54AM0.57m				9:40PM0.55m				9:58AM0.60m					10:37PM0.53m				10:59AM0.61m				11:33PM0.51m


	—	5:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:54	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:44	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:45	—	—	—	7:45
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	6	2
Temp °C	14	14	15	18	18	18	16	15	16	15	16	16	19	20	19	16	17	17	17	19	20	20	18	18	17	17	17
Feels °C	13	13	15	17	16	17	15	15	16	15	16	17	20	19	19	15	17	17	17	18	19	20	18	18	17	16	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 6	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNW 11	N 6	NNW 11	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NE 7	N 7	NNW 7	N 7	N 7	NNW 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NNW 16	NNW 15	N 7
kJ	88	105	108	108	105	85	85	85	25	62	12	289	258	212	121	74	77	74	57	58	60	60	50	53	49	45	255
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNW 12	NNW 12	NNW 12	NNW 12	NNW 12	NNW 12	NNW 12	NNW 12	E 13	NNW 11	E 12	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNW 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NNW 16	NNW 16	NNW 16	NNW 16	SE 10	E 11	NNW 15
kJ	29	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	3	12	3	12	12	12	61	77	71	69	57	60	25	25	25	50	4	3	42
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 10	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 10	E 9	E 9	E 13	SE 16	E 13	SE 16	E 13	E 13	N 18	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNW 16	NNW 16	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 12	NW 12	N 12
kJ	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	3	10	3	10	3	3	25	12	12	11	11	27	51	8	2	2	2	3	6	3
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	NNE 7	NE 7	NNE 7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	NNW 6	NNW 6	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 6	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	110	105	262	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	55	53	62	76	161	178	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Hicks Bay East Cape	Horseshoe Bay East Cape	Tokata East Cape	Maketu Bar Bay of Plenty	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Opoutama Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Bay Chalet Gisborne and Mahia	Waiapu River East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Whangaparaoa East Cape	Tokata East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Hicks Bay East Cape	Hicks Bay East Cape	Tokata East Cape	Tokata East Cape	Tokata East Cape	Tokata East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Makorori North Gisborne and Mahia	Loisell's East Cape	Loisell's East Cape	Loisell's East Cape	Hicks Bay East Cape	Whangara Gisborne and Mahia	Kaiaua Bay East Cape
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1
Distance (km)	3	2	0	164	169	168	121	24	24	24	29	0	24	3	3	0	0	0	0	24	118	94	94	94	3	109	78
Best forecast wave conditions in East Cape	Loisell's	Loisell's	Loisell's					Maraenui	Loisell's	Loisell's	Loisell's	Waiapu River	Waiapu River	Hicks Bay	Loisell's	Loisell's	Loisell's	Loisell's	Loisell's	Loisell's		Loisell's	Loisell's	Loisell's	Loisell's		Loisell's
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1					1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1		2	2	2	1		2
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Punakaiki West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Stent Road Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Clark Island Coromandel	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Taupo Bay Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	1	2	3	3	2	2	2
Header Global	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Cojo United States	Bali Village Indonesia	Bali Village Indonesia	Bali Village Indonesia	Bay of Skaill United Kingdom	Bay of Skaill United Kingdom	Bay of Skaill United Kingdom	Bay of Skaill United Kingdom	Bancoora Australia	Cojo United States	Cow Bombie Australia	Fullers United States	Barrancon Chile	Cojo United States	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Japan	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Japan	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Ranches United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Bancoora Australia	Point Roadnight Australia	Point Roadnight Australia
Rating (10 max)	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	8	7	8	6	6

Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)
Wind Speed (km/h)

Latest Updates

Ben Mondy

British Norms Batten Down the Hatches, Surfers Wax Up the Guns as Storm Austen Approaches.

storm austen

Ben Mondy

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Tokata surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.

Tokata 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

How big are the waves at Tokata today (04 Nov):

Short Range Forecast

Latest Updates

British Norms Batten Down the Hatches, Surfers Wax Up the Guns as Storm Austen Approaches.

Surf-Forecast Now Has Webcams

Road Testing the new Db Surf Roller Pro

Summer's Short. Life Is Long.

Roadsurfing in the Basque country

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website