Tolaga Bay surf break

Tolaga Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 04 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
20.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Tolaga Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Tolaga Bay at 5AM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 04). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Afternoon (04 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Evening (04 Feb)7ft (2.1m)8s

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

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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
1
2
3
2
2
1
2
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
NNE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
2
S
2.1
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
NE
1.1
NE
Period(s) (?)1010101010107898999888811111010101111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)125100100987674416630580513483463463398338264248272267264264206205304
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
15
W
15
WNW
15
W
15
SSW
25
S
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
20
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
S
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NNW
10
NE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:31PM
1.65
8:59AM
1.79
9:20PM
1.65
9:45AM
1.73
10:07PM
1.63
10:32AM
1.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:25AM
0.24
3:05PM
0.28
3:16AM
0.26
3:52PM
0.26
4:04AM
0.28
4:38PM
0.26
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise---6:20-------6:22-------6:22----
Sunset-------8:17-------8:16-------8:15
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------1-----------------
Temp. °C211917172020181717161615171819171513131419212020
Feels °C (?)211715151717151414131312141516151512121318191920
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