Tolaga Bay surf break

Tolaga Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 19 Mar 2026 NZDT
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Tolaga Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tolaga Bay sea temperature is
19.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tolaga Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Tolaga Bay at 2AM is: 4.0m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 2.2m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)11ft (3.5m)11s
Afternoon (20 Mar)10ft (3.0m)9s
Evening (20 Mar)10ft (3.0m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
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0
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3
4
4
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
E
4
E
4
E
4
E
4
E
4
ESE
3.5
E
3.5
ESE
3
S
3
S
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.4
SSE
2
SSE
2
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
Period(s) (?)10111111111111109999999999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2273373035614255354233382831221014231437130211061146985860637637592573495435413413370
Wind
(km/h)
30
SE
35
SSE
35
S
35
S
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
20
S
20
S
10
S
10
SSW
10
SW
5
SW
0
WSW
0
ESE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:36PM
1.57
7:59AM
1.66
8:23PM
1.62
8:45AM
1.66
9:10PM
1.65
9:35AM
1.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:21PM
0.29
1:32AM
0.28
2:07PM
0.22
2:21AM
0.26
2:52PM
0.18
3:12AM
0.24
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise------7:07-------7:09-------7:09-
Sunset-7:21-------7:19-------7:17------
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
234234111---------------
Temp. °C171616161617171717171616141316181716151414141617
Feels °C (?)131111101112121212131212111013141314131313141616
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