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Tokata surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 12 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
20.9° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tokata today?

The current surf forecast for Tokata at 7AM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Afternoon (12 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Evening (12 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
NE
0.4
ESE
0.3
N
0.4
ESE
0.4
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.3
NE
1.5
NNE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.4
E
Period(s) (?)91118101616161616151414141414666667778
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)464555428112512579761041031031021021039595126176109129128160239
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
10
SSE
10
SE
15
SSE
15
ESE
15
E
15
E
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
15
NNE
25
NNW
20
NW
15
WNW
10
WNW
15
SE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:15AM
1.84
3:17PM
1.81
4:12AM
1.84
4:13PM
1.80
5:12AM
1.86
5:10PM
1.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:56PM
0.67
9:32AM
0.80
9:49PM
0.72
10:27AM
0.82
10:47PM
0.73
11:19AM
0.80
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunrise---6:31-------6:33-------6:33----
Sunset-------8:08-------8:07-------8:06
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------111121415172--2-
Temp. °C191818172122222019191920212222212121212122242121
Feels °C (?)201918162022212020202022222324232322202124262221
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