Tolaga Bay surf break

Tolaga Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 27 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
20.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Tolaga Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Tolaga Bay at 12PM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 27). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Feb)2ft (0.6m)9s
Afternoon (27 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Evening (27 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)11s

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


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Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Mon
02
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.5
NE
0.4
NE
1.4
S
1.4
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
NE
0.7
SE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
Period(s) (?)10999111111116677777777771171111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)83756547333057301511651891668970739384848684162535657
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
W
10
S
20
S
20
S
15
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
5
SE
0
ESE
5
WNW
5
NW
10
NNE
15
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
10
NW
30
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:00AM
1.55
3:18PM
1.54
4:10AM
1.58
4:23PM
1.53
5:15AM
1.63
5:27PM
1.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:02AM
0.44
9:26PM
0.34
10:07AM
0.44
10:29PM
0.32
11:09AM
0.42
11:27PM
0.30
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Mon
02
Sunrise-6:47-------6:48-------6:48------
Sunset-----7:51-------7:49-------7:47--
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181720191918171716161617181716151313172019191817
Feels °C (?)181619171716141513141315151515151212151716171712
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