Tolaga Bay surf break

Tolaga Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 16 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
18.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Tolaga Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Tolaga Bay at 4PM is: 0.3m 14s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 16). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Afternoon (16 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Evening (16 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
1
1
3
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
S
0.4
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
1.7
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.7
S
1.4
N
1.4
NNE
1.6
N
1.9
NNE
2.5
NNE
3
NNE
Period(s) (?)11111114141414131313131212121212129556677
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4039416811515615414113594212078411158281795481106113169263597813
Wind
(km/h)
20
WNW
20
W
10
SW
10
W
20
W
20
W
15
W
15
W
10
WNW
10
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
25
N
20
N
20
N
20
N
20
N
30
N
35
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:18PM
1.56
5:41AM
1.66
6:11PM
1.64
6:30AM
1.68
7:02PM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:59AM
0.34
11:13PM
0.38
11:50AM
0.28
12:07AM
0.34
12:39PM
0.23
1:02AM
0.31
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise6:33-------6:35-------6:35-------
Sunset--5:37-------5:37-------5:35-----
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C182019161413131115181815141413131718191716161819
Feels °C (?)14161613989712151311121211111514161313131414
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