Tolaga Bay surf break

Tolaga Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am 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
19.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Tolaga Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Tolaga Bay at 11AM is: 1.7m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.8m 15s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Afternoon (10 Apr)6ft (1.9m)10s
Evening (10 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)10s

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


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Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Mon
13
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
2
2
3
4
4
3
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
0
!
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
2
ENE
1.8
E
1.6
NNE
1.9
NE
2.3
NE
2.5
NE
3
NE
3.5
NE
4
NE
4
NE
4
NE
4.5
ENE
5.5
ENE
6.5
NE
8
NE
6.5
NE
5
NE
4.5
NNE
Period(s) (?)101010101010101012121213121213131212111112121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)579567574563644631698640784113116431982241238034834518351705662711011307174211202064244832
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
N
5
N
5
E
5
SE
5
S
0
SSE
5
SSE
10
E
15
ESE
20
E
20
E
20
E
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
40
ENE
55
ENE
60
NE
60
NNE
45
NNE
35
NW
25
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossglassoncrosscross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
onononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:53AM
1.41
12:38AM
1.46
12:42PM
1.40
1:33AM
1.45
1:37PM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:47AM
0.54
5:52PM
0.51
6:40AM
0.57
6:45PM
0.53
7:33AM
0.56
7:42PM
0.52
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Mon
13
Sunrise--6:28-------6:28-------6:30-----
Sunset----5:46-------5:45-------5:44---
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light rain
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mod rain
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171618201918171717171818181818191919202021212120
Feels °C (?)171619212019181817171717161515171614131213161617
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