Tolaga Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 38.38° S 178.31° E

Issued: 12 am 07 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Tolaga Bay sea temperature is

14.3°C

Tolaga Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Tolaga Bay today (07 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 8s period with ENE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 9s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 10s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tolaga Bay at 5AM is: 1.4m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 07). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (07 Oct)	6ft (1.9m)	8s
Afternoon (07 Oct)	10ft (3.0m)	9s
Evening (07 Oct)	10ft (3.0m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 28mm), heaviest during Wed morning. Very mild (max 14°C on Wed afternoon, min 12°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 7								Thursday 8								Friday 9
	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	2	1	2	!	!	!	!	4	4	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	NE 7	NE 8	ENE 8	NE 9	NE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 9	ENE 9	NE 9	ENE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 8	SE 6	NE 8	NE 8	SE 6	SE 6	S 16	S 16
Wave Graph
kJ	128	171	235	464	1321	1874	1732	1744	1384	1077	766	530	246	346	179	132	105	91	80	77	73	85	195	188
Wind (km/h)	N	ENE	E	SE	S	ENE	SE	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	glassy	cross-on	cross	cross-off	on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide		3:35AM1.48m					4:19PM1.59m				4:41AM1.48m				5:16PM1.60m				5:42AM1.51m				6:09PM1.60m
Low Tide				9:36AM0.36m					10:19PM0.38m				10:37AM0.36m				11:17PM0.33m				11:35AM0.35m


	—	6:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:31	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:16	—
mm	—	—	1	7	9	7	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	—	—	—
Temp °C	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13
Feels °C	10	11	11	11	10	14	13	12	11	11	11	9	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	12	12	12	12
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	NE 7	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 9	ENE 9	NE 9	ENE 9	NE 9	ESE 7	ESE 6	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	ESE 6	ESE 6
kJ	128	171	235	318	845	1441	1732	1744	1384	1077	766	530	246	346	179	99	51	82	80	77	58	57	103	80
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	S 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	S 12	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 10	S 10	SSE 10	E 8	SSE 9	E 7	NE 9	NE 8	SSE 9	SSW 15	SSW 18	SSW 18	S 18	NE 8	S 16
kJ	59	41	26	25	44	69	61	59	57	52	50	33	130	29	62	132	105	8	21	65	107	156	48	188
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 14	S 14	S 13	S 12	SSE 8	SSW 16	SSW 18	SSW 17	SSW 17	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSE 10	SSW 15	SSE 9	SSE 9	ENE 7	SSW 15	SSE 9	S 9	N 12	N 12	S 16	NE 8
kJ	37	34	30	48	24	27	30	30	28	51	49	47	31	21	16	16	11	21	7	2	3	3	195	36
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	ENE 8	NE 9	NE 10	—	—	—	—	SSW 4	S 4	SSW 5	SSW 5	S 4	SSW 4	SSW 4	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	464	1321	1874	—	—	—	—	15	48	45	35	31	14	10	91	75	73	73	85	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Loisell's East Cape	Tolaga Bay East Cape	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Three Points East Cape	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Three Points East Cape	Three Points East Cape	Tolaga Bay East Cape	Tolaga Bay East Cape	Three Points East Cape	Three Points East Cape	Three Points East Cape	Three Points East Cape	Three Points East Cape	Tolaga Bay East Cape	Tolaga Bay East Cape	Tolaga Bay East Cape	Tolaga Bay East Cape	Tolaga Bay East Cape	Three Points East Cape	Three Points East Cape	Three Points East Cape	Three Points East Cape
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Distance (km)	7	0	28	28	11	8	11	11	0	0	11	11	11	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	11	11	11	11
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	5	9	9	9	6	6	9	9	8	6	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4

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