Tolaga Bay surf break

Tolaga Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm 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
19.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Tolaga Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Tolaga Bay at 1AM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Afternoon (05 Apr)4ft (1.2m)9s
Evening (05 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

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


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
2
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)1111111199999991010101010111010101010107
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)20915711686207207207232253293293343543573561584643663637706720778961637
Wind
(km/h)
25
NE
20
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
NNW
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
20
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
glassglassononononononononononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:15PM
1.58
9:29AM
1.53
9:55PM
1.57
10:10AM
1.51
10:35PM
1.55
10:49AM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:53PM
0.23
3:11AM
0.31
3:32PM
0.25
3:51AM
0.35
4:09PM
0.29
4:31AM
0.39
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Sunrise------7:22-------7:24-------7:24-
Sunset6:55-------6:54-------6:52-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------------------21
Temp. °C181715141414161818171717171717191817171717171718
Feels °C (?)131312121313151615151515151514161615151515151315
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