Tolaga Bay surf break

Tolaga Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 08 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
19.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Tolaga Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Tolaga Bay at 1PM is: 3.0m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 08). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)10ft (3.0m)8s
Afternoon (08 Apr)6ft (1.9m)9s
Evening (08 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)10s

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


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Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
ENE
3
ENE
3
NE
3
NE
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
2.1
ENE
2.1
ENE
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.8
ENE
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
2
ENE
2
ENE
Period(s) (?)888899108999991010101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10871056967951537483529405435413716644441470636426426502502563631631732732
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNE
25
NNE
30
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
N
15
N
15
N
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
15
N
15
N
10
N
10
N
5
N
10
NE
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
ononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:29AM
1.46
11:00PM
1.51
11:09AM
1.43
11:47PM
1.48
11:53AM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:12AM
0.45
4:25PM
0.41
4:57AM
0.50
5:06PM
0.47
5:47AM
0.54
5:52PM
0.51
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
Sunrise--6:26-------6:26-------6:28-----
Sunset----5:49-------5:47-------5:46---
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rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
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part cloud
part cloud
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rain showers
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Rain (mm)
1-------1111121-------11
Temp. °C181818181919191818181920211918171716182019181717
Feels °C (?)161515151717171617181818201917161716192019191818
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