Tolaga Bay surf break

Tolaga Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 22 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
18.0° 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 11AM is: 5.0m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)16ft (5.0m)11s
Afternoon (22 Apr)15ft (4.5m)11s
Evening (22 Apr)13ft (4.0m)10s

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


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Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
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3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
S
4
S
5
S
5
S
4.5
S
4.5
S
4
SSE
3.5
SSE
2.5
SE
2.3
SE
2.2
S
1.8
SE
1.8
SE
1.7
SE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.5
SE
1.3
SE
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
Period(s) (?)111111111111101011101011101110999999888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2135377456145614468841293426257814301060911703653639475410393359294225215156118118
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
40
SSW
45
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
S
10
SSE
10
S
5
SSW
10
WSW
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
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
glassoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:02AM
1.71
10:35PM
1.71
10:53AM
1.67
11:34PM
1.67
11:47AM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:38AM
0.32
4:00PM
0.23
4:32AM
0.37
4:53PM
0.27
5:31AM
0.41
5:48PM
0.32
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
Sunrise--6:39-------6:39-------6:41-----
Sunset----5:30-------5:28-------5:27---
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1441111-1---------------
Temp. °C131313131313131212111214141312111111121414131312
Feels °C (?)11655566666799109888101111111210
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