Tolaga Bay surf break

Tolaga Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 11 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
19.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Tolaga Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Tolaga Bay at 3PM is: 3.5m 12s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 1.2m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 11). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)8ft (2.5m)12s
Afternoon (11 Apr)11ft (3.5m)12s
Evening (11 Apr)13ft (4.0m)12s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
!
!
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
0
!
!
3
3
3
2
3
3
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
NE
3
NE
3.5
ENE
3.5
NE
4
ENE
4
ENE
4
ENE
4.5
ENE
5
NE
6
NE
7
NE
8
NE
6.5
NE
5
NNE
3.5
N
2.1
ENE
2
N
1.9
NE
1.2
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
Period(s) (?)121312121212121211111212121212101199914141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)187828023340398344174275463154596267869712304168041095763433256898898639265565801757704599
Wind
(km/h)
20
ESE
20
E
20
E
25
E
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
40
ENE
45
ENE
50
NE
60
NE
60
NE
45
N
35
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
N
15
NNW
15
N
10
NNW
20
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:42PM
1.40
1:33AM
1.45
1:37PM
1.41
2:28AM
1.47
2:34PM
1.42
3:20AM
1.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:40AM
0.57
6:45PM
0.53
7:33AM
0.56
7:42PM
0.52
8:24AM
0.54
8:38PM
0.50
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Sunrise6:28-------6:30-------6:31-------
Sunset--5:45-------5:44-------5:42-----
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-111421113101152----------
Temp. °C181818181819192020202020202120182022231918181717
Feels °C (?)171717161517161614141212141616141720221716171416
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