Tolaga Bay surf break

Tolaga Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 17 Feb 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
21.0° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tolaga Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Tolaga Bay at 10PM is: 1.0m 12s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Feb)--
Afternoon (17 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Evening (17 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
2
1
3
3
2
2
3
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
ESE
0.8
ESE
1.3
NE
1.7
NE
1.3
NE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
SE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
Period(s) (?)12121211111111101013121110910101010101091099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3673092682131981981661571241541964065573143633562231691351211001049873
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
5
WNW
5
W
5
WNW
5
SSW
10
SSE
15
SSE
5
SSE
5
NNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
10
W
10
NNW
10
NW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
WNW
15
W
10
WSW
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglassglasscrosscross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:19PM
1.54
7:54AM
1.62
8:03PM
1.56
8:33AM
1.65
8:47PM
1.57
9:14AM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:06PM
0.43
1:18AM
0.31
1:52PM
0.35
2:01AM
0.27
2:36PM
0.28
2:45AM
0.24
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise-----6:37-------6:37-------6:39--
Sunset-8:04-------8:02-------8:00------
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------11--------------
Temp. °C242117161616202020191716161519232524222018162123
Feels °C (?)221916151616201919201715141216212323211918152021
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