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Tokata surf break

Tokata surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 21 Jan 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 slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Tokata today?

The current surf forecast for Tokata at 5AM is: 2.3m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction, 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)8ft (2.5m)8s
Afternoon (21 Jan)8ft (2.5m)8s
Evening (21 Jan)11ft (3.5m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
2
2
2
3
2
3
3
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
E
2.3
E
2.3
E
2.4
E
2.5
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.5
ENE
3
ENE
3.5
ENE
4
ENE
4.5
NE
4.5
NE
3
NE
2.5
NW
3
NNW
3
NNW
3
NW
2.4
NNW
2.2
NNW
2.3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.5
NW
Period(s) (?)88888888991010101010999101011121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)60459960467068167280412231765266336533406191311381771147314479748899251594161714271596
Wind
(km/h)
30
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
30
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
30
ENE
35
ENE
40
NE
30
N
30
NNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
W
25
W
25
W
20
W
20
W
25
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:51PM
1.99
9:25AM
2.07
9:31PM
1.99
10:05AM
2.08
10:12PM
1.97
10:46AM
2.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:10AM
0.46
3:43PM
0.54
3:51AM
0.42
4:26PM
0.48
4:33AM
0.41
5:10PM
0.43
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise---6:07-------6:07-------6:09----
Sunset-------8:27-------8:27-------8:25
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
7231468132039344871----------
Temp. °C171717181717171819192022232223232120191922232222
Feels °C (?)131314151414141616151620232020201818161720201919
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