Tolaga Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 38.38° S 178.31° E

Issued: 6 am 25 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Tolaga Bay sea temperature is

15.6°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 (25 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 10s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tolaga Bay at 1PM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 25). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (25 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	10s
Afternoon (25 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	10s
Evening (25 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 22°C on Mon morning, min 13°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.
	Sunday 25							Monday 26								Tuesday 27
	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)	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 11	S 10	S 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	SSE 9	N 4	N 4	N 4	N 3	N 4	N 4	NNE 6	N 5	N 5
Wave Graph
kJ	277	216	208	55	56	68	48	61	60	44	40	39	24	15	11	9	6	5	13	47	40	31	83
Wind (km/h)	WNW	WNW	W	ESE	ENE	NE	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NNE	NW	NW	NW	WNW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	WNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		5:58AM1.53m				6:19PM1.62m				6:50AM1.60m					7:06PM1.64m				7:40AM1.67m				7:58PM1.66m
Low Tide				11:51AM0.44m				00:27AM0.32m				12:44PM0.40m					1:15AM0.28m				1:37PM0.36m


	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:05	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	7:32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:35	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	13	12	19	18	17	17	16	14	14	14	19	22	22	19	16	16	16	16	19	19	19	19	18
Feels °C	11	9	17	15	14	15	15	12	12	11	15	20	19	15	12	11	12	12	15	15	16	17	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 11	S 10	S 10	SSW 10	SSW 10	SSE 9	SSE 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	SSW 18	S 16	S 16	S 15	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 12	NNE 7	SSW 11	NNE 5
kJ	277	216	208	141	110	68	48	61	60	44	40	39	102	134	124	109	63	58	31	47	18	24	28
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 4	NNE 6	E 12	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSW 10	S 15	S 16	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 19	S 9	SSE 9	SSW 9	SSW 9	SSW 8	SSW 8	S 8	SE 11	SSW 12	N 8	SSW 11
kJ	3	6	27	55	56	58	116	124	77	78	47	117	24	15	16	15	14	7	6	5	27	5	23
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 13	E 13	NNE 6	E 12	E 12	SSW 14	SSW 10	SSW 10	SSW 10	SSW 9	N 4	NNE 4	SE 12	SSW 9	N 7	N 7	N 7	SE 11	SE 11	E 13	SE 11	SE 11	N 8
kJ	13	12	3	26	26	63	39	33	9	8	1	2	6	8	4	4	4	5	5	3	4	4	5
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 3	NW 3	W 3	—	NE 11	NE 2	NE 4	—	—	NW 2	NW 3	—	NNE 4	N 4	N 4	N 4	N 4	N 3	N 4	N 4	NNE 6	N 5	N 5
kJ	5	2	2	—	19	1	3	—	—	1	3	—	3	14	11	9	6	5	13	47	40	31	83
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Tolaga Bay East Cape	Tolaga Bay East Cape	Tolaga Bay East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Tuamotu Island Gisborne and Mahia	Three Points East Cape	Tolaga Bay East Cape	Tolaga Bay East Cape	Tolaga Bay East Cape	Loisell's East Cape	Loisell's East Cape	Loisell's East Cape	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Makorori North Gisborne and Mahia	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Pourere Beach Wairarapa	Peka Peka Wanganui-Manawatu	Bowentown Bar Bay of Plenty	Tolaga Bay East Cape
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	1	3	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	69	43	11	0	0	0	7	7	7	8	8	16	8	34	45	528	259	390	227	0
Best forecast wave conditions in East Cape	Loisell's	Loisell's	Loisell's	Waiapu River	Waiapu River	Waiapu River	Waiapu River	Waiapu River	Waiapu River	Waiapu River	Waiapu River	Loisell's	Three Points	Kaiaua Bay	Anaura Bay	Kaiaua Bay							Tolaga Bay
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1							1
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Fox River West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Tuamotu Island Gisborne and Mahia	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Punakaiki West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Beach - Pines Gisborne and Mahia	Kaka Point Catlins	Inner Cut Nelson - Tasman Bay	Kaka Point Catlins	Peka Peka Wanganui-Manawatu	Papatowai Catlins	Fox River West Coast South Island
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	1	4	4	4	4	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	3	4	2	3	3	4
Header Global	Outside Corner Indonesia	Outside Corner Indonesia	Nyang-Nyang Indonesia	Asu Indonesia	El Huerto Spain	Deba Spain	Deba Spain	Vanthrax France	Vanthrax France	La Nora Spain	Deba Spain	Deba Spain	Deba Spain	Deba Spain	Afife Portugal	Anglet - Corsaires France	Anglet - Corsaires France	Anglet - Corsaires France	Afife Portugal	Alnes Lighthouse Norway	Backdoor United States	Backdoor United States	Cavalos de Fao Portugal
Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5

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