Tolaga Bay surf break

Tolaga Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Friday 10 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 2AM is: 1.9m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 1.5m 13s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)8ft (2.5m)12s
Afternoon (11 Apr)10ft (3.0m)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
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
0
!
3
4
3
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.5
NNE
2.1
NE
2.5
NE
2.5
NE
3
NE
3.5
NE
4
NE
4
NE
4.5
ENE
5
ENE
5.5
NE
6
NE
7.5
NE
7.5
NE
6.5
NE
5.5
NNE
2.5
NNE
2.5
N
1.9
NE
1.7
N
1.2
E
1.3
E
Period(s) (?)10101313121312121212121211111212121111111091011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)69865375413231878224831753919459145165067590270669585145491560511161762015311458722481262382
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
10
E
10
ESE
15
ESE
20
E
20
E
20
E
25
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
40
ENE
45
ENE
55
NE
60
NE
55
NNE
40
N
35
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:38AM
1.46
12:42PM
1.40
1:33AM
1.45
1:37PM
1.41
2:28AM
1.47
2:34PM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:40AM
0.57
6:45PM
0.53
7:33AM
0.56
7:42PM
0.52
8:24AM
0.54
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise----6:28-------6:30-------6:31---
Sunset------5:45-------5:44-------5:42-
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
11--111151111313954------
Temp. °C181717171818181818191920202020202021201920222118
Feels °C (?)191717161717161615171615141311131517181617201916
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