Tolaga Bay surf break

Tolaga Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 08 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
19.3° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Tolaga Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Tolaga Bay at 2PM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 08). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Afternoon (08 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Evening (08 Mar)4ft (1.2m)5s

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


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Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wed
11
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
1.2
NE
1.1
N
0.6
ESE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
1.6
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.7
SSE
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)999985566666777777888887
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)83706867486761312928192032333436222282329383252212177168
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
5
NW
10
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
10
SSW
15
SSE
15
SE
10
S
15
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:44AM
1.56
11:06PM
1.54
11:24AM
1.53
11:51PM
1.51
12:04PM
1.49
12:36AM
1.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:19AM
0.30
4:45PM
0.26
5:00AM
0.35
5:25PM
0.31
5:42AM
0.42
6:04PM
0.38
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wed
11
Sunrise-6:56-------6:56-------6:58------
Sunset-----7:37-------7:36-------7:35--
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------2211-----
Temp. °C151418212220171616151919191816161616161616151515
Feels °C (?)151417181918161415151817181714141313131312121212
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