Tolaga Bay surf break

Tolaga Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 21 Aug 2025 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
14.4° 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 8AM is: 3.0m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 19s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am August 21). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Aug)10ft (3.0m)9s
Afternoon (21 Aug)8ft (2.5m)9s
Evening (21 Aug)7.5ft (2.3m)9s

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

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Thursday
21
Friday
22
Saturday
23
Sun
24
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
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2
3
3
3
3
4
1
0
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.3
S
1.2
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.3
SE
1.2
SE
1.7
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
0.7
S
0.9
SSE
1.1
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)99999991615158813131212111111159131818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)190317101610132014461421141813471908145419116911211185952738667472614379246709298302
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
S
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
S
5
S
0
NE
5
NNW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
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High Tide
/ height (m)
3:57AM
1.52
4:47PM
1.63
4:57AM
1.52
5:40PM
1.66
5:53AM
1.52
6:27PM
1.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:02AM
0.33
10:40PM
0.44
10:57AM
0.31
11:37PM
0.40
11:48AM
0.30
Thursday
21
Friday
22
Saturday
23
Sun
24
Sunrise--6:45-------6:43-------6:41-----
Sunset----5:35-------5:36-------5:36---
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
11---111-111-21---------
Temp. °C1110111211101091089111010998781010101010
Feels °C (?)434544546456566643578988
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for East Cape

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Tolaga Bay (light winds from the SSW at Gisborne Airport 42 km from Tolaga Bay). 3.4m 9s swell from the S which is too big for here.

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42 km away, 59 min ago

11 km/h
SSW
0.0
14.4
Air / Water (°C)
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