Tolaga Bay surf break

Tolaga Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 04 Apr 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
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 7AM is: 1.2m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Afternoon (04 Apr)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (04 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)11s

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


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
2
ENE
Period(s) (?)13131212121211111111999910101010101010101110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)87573650541833927620915711686207207242232299299351408473512561684769826
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
15
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
5
NW
5
W
0
NNW
10
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassononononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:34PM
1.58
8:48AM
1.54
9:15PM
1.58
9:29AM
1.53
9:55PM
1.57
10:10AM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:29AM
0.30
2:53PM
0.23
3:11AM
0.31
3:32PM
0.25
3:51AM
0.35
4:09PM
0.29
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise----7:22-------7:22-------7:24---
Sunset------6:55-------6:54-------6:52-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
------------------111111
Temp. °C151413131619181715151414161818171716161617181717
Feels °C (?)131211111516141312131313161715151615141414151515
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