Tokata Surf Forecast

/ East Cape (19 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Tokata surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 NZST

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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 14.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tokata today?

The current surf forecast for Tokata at 1AM is: 0.1m 10s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 18). An open ocean swell of 2.5m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Sep)	5.5ft (1.7m)	8s
Afternoon (19 Sep)	3.5ft (1.1m)	7s
Evening (19 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	9s

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

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		Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NW	E	NE	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	SE	SE	NW	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	SE	N	NNW	NNW
Period(s) (?)	8	10	10	8	8	7	7	7	9	9	6	10	6	9	9	7	7	7	7	7	6	4	4	5
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1129	2	4	429	335	217	127	79	123	128	27	77	18	55	42	17	18	18	23	17	10	20	34	49
Wind (km/h)	WNW	W	W	WSW	SSW	S	S	SSE	S	S	S	S	SSE	ENE	NNE	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore 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- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)				4:00AM 1.84				4:43PM 1.98				5:00AM 1.84				5:34PM 1.98				5:55AM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)		10:02PM 0.62				10:21AM 0.54				11:00PM 0.58				11:16AM 0.52				11:54PM 0.52					12:08PM 0.50

		Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00

Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	12	11	9	12	12	12	10	8	8	8	8	11	13	12	10	9	8	9	10	12	13	13	12
Feels °C (?)	9	7	6	4	9	7	6	4	3	3	4	4	8	10	9	8	6	5	5	6	7	8	8	8

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for East Cape

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Tokata (strong winds from the W at Hicks Bay 6 km from Tokata). 0.2m 15s groundswell from the ESE to make surfable waves.
1 hour 3 minutes ago Tokata

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1 h 3 min ago

43 km/h

Cross-Off

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