Tokomaru Bay surf break

Tokomaru Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 18 Mar 2026 NZDT
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Tokomaru Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tokomaru Bay sea temperature is
19.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tokomaru Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Tokomaru Bay at 3AM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 18). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Afternoon (18 Mar)2ft (0.6m)7s
Evening (18 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)6s

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


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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
0
1
2
7
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.4
NE
0.3
NE
0.6
ENE
0.7
NE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.9
E
2.1
ENE
3
ENE
4
ENE
4
E
3.5
E
3.5
E
3
E
3
E
2.2
E
2.5
SSE
3
SSE
Period(s) (?)8888111076667778111111111110101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)26255144411635408288141124321588224942443428285428312233170398611491202
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
5
NNW
5
NW
5
WNW
0
NW
10
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
SW
10
SSW
15
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
25
S
25
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
glasscross-
on
ononglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:09AM
1.48
6:33PM
1.42
6:56AM
1.54
7:22PM
1.49
7:44AM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:52PM
0.28
12:27PM
0.26
12:43AM
0.23
1:16PM
0.18
1:34AM
0.17
2:03PM
0.12
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise----7:05-------7:07-------7:07---
Sunset-------7:22-------7:21-------7:19
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------133432111111-
Temp. °C151414141720201816161617171717171717171717171717
Feels °C (?)141414141719191817171616141414141414141515151514
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