Tolaga Bay surf break

Tolaga Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Friday 17 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
19.0° 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: 1.7m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (17 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)13s
Evening (17 Apr)2ft (0.6m)12s

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


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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
2
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
ESE
0.8
S
1.7
S
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
1.3
N
1.5
N
1.6
N
2
N
1.9
NNE
2.3
NNE
2.5
NNE
2.3
NNE
2.4
NNE
2.1
NNE
1.9
NNE
2.1
NNE
1.8
NNE
1.6
NNE
2.1
NE
Period(s) (?)131313121212121212566667788888887
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1352259721211158281555481139163324284435685620744606488547403294452
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
10
NW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NNW
20
N
20
N
20
N
25
N
25
N
30
N
25
N
20
N
15
N
15
N
15
NNE
15
N
10
N
15
N
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:11PM
1.64
6:30AM
1.68
7:02PM
1.71
7:23AM
1.69
7:53PM
1.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:50AM
0.28
12:07AM
0.34
12:39PM
0.23
1:02AM
0.31
1:28PM
0.21
1:54AM
0.28
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise6:35-------6:35-------6:37-------
Sunset--5:37-------5:35-------5:34-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
---------------121-----3
Temp. °C151820161515141417201917181717171718201716151517
Feels °C (?)121516131313121215161613141312131516181515141315
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