Tolaga Bay surf break

Tolaga Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 09 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
19.2° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Tolaga Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Tolaga Bay at 8PM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 09). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Mar)2ft (0.6m)6s
Afternoon (09 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)6s
Evening (09 Mar)2ft (0.6m)7s

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


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Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.3
S
1.7
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.8
SSE
2
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.3
S
1.2
S
0.6
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
1.1
E
0.8
S
1.3
E
1.2
E
Period(s) (?)6677771678888888138812127966
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2819313234354426341348843749731019616313111810210097107113132109
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
15
SSE
10
SE
5
ESE
10
SW
15
SSW
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
10
E
5
E
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcrosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:24AM
1.53
11:51PM
1.51
12:04PM
1.49
12:36AM
1.48
12:44PM
1.45
1:23AM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:25PM
0.31
5:42AM
0.42
6:04PM
0.38
6:28AM
0.49
6:45PM
0.45
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Sunrise-------6:58-------6:58--------
Sunset---7:36-------7:35-------7:32----
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191918181716161616161615151515151617161616161617
Feels °C (?)181717191614131312131212121313131314131414151617
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