Tolaga Bay surf break

Tolaga Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 25 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
20.3° 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 9PM is: 1.4m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Feb)5ft (1.6m)7s
Afternoon (25 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (25 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
S
1.3
S
0.8
SSE
1.1
S
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.5
NE
0.4
NE
1.5
S
1.5
SSE
Period(s) (?)77101089999889910109991111111167
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2301631312162622813112681851541271261301158366654833345841182181
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
15
SSE
10
SE
10
E
10
NNE
10
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
10
W
20
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
S
10
SSW
20
SSE
20
S
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrossoncross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:18PM
1.58
1:55AM
1.55
2:15PM
1.56
3:00AM
1.55
3:18PM
1.54
4:10AM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:21PM
0.29
7:57AM
0.42
8:21PM
0.33
9:02AM
0.44
9:26PM
0.34
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise-------6:46-------6:47-------6:48
Sunset---7:52-------7:52-------7:51----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
--------------------1482
Temp. °C161817161414141419222221191818181918191817171616
Feels °C (?)131515151212121218202020191818181717181717151415
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