Tolaga Bay surf break

Tolaga Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 08 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 normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tolaga Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Tolaga Bay at 10PM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 08). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Feb)--
Afternoon (08 Feb)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (08 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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

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Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
NNE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.6
NE
0.9
ESE
1.1
E
1.1
ENE
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
1
E
Period(s) (?)999666666688851010106666777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5438375341415849392823242630565573708681676976104
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
S
5
SSE
10
ESE
10
E
10
NE
5
NNE
5
N
5
NE
10
ENE
10
NE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
NE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
glassglassoncross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:27AM
1.51
12:45PM
1.55
1:15AM
1.48
1:26PM
1.50
2:05AM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:05PM
0.32
6:17AM
0.42
6:48PM
0.37
7:05AM
0.49
7:31PM
0.43
7:57AM
0.55
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Sunrise-----6:26-------6:28-------6:28--
Sunset-8:14-------8:13-------8:12------
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222019171718192019191818181819212120181818182122
Feels °C (?)201818171718191918181819191818201919171819182121
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