Tolaga Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.38° S 178.31° E

Tolaga Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 01 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tolaga Bay sea temperature is
14.0°C
0.6° 

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


How big are the waves at Tolaga Bay today (01 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 13s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 12s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 13s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Tolaga Bay at 4AM is: 1.8m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)13s
Afternoon (01 Oct)5ft (1.6m)12s
Evening (01 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Thu afternoon, min 10°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
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)
4
4
4
3
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
0
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
S
14
1.8
S
14
1.8
S
13
1.7
S
13
1.6
S
13
1.5
S
12
1.5
S
12
1.4
S
13
1.3
S
13
1.2
S
13
1.2
S
11
1.2
S
11
0.8
S
11
0.8
S
12
0.8
S
10
0.8
S
9
0.6
S
16
0.7
S
12
0.5
S
10
0.5
S
12
0.4
SSE
11
0.6
S
16
0.6
S
15
1.9
S
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1423
1190
1138
971
809
681
692
633
546
466
363
369
146
180
130
108
181
141
54
70
40
181
159
273
Wind (km/h)
5
NW
5
NW
10
NW
5
NW
10
NE
10
NE
5
NW
10
W
10
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
0
NE
5
ENE
5
NNE
10
NW
10
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
25
S
20
SSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
on
cross-on
glassy
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
10:21AM1.65m
10:50PM1.61m
11:13AM1.63m
11:40PM1.61m
12:10PM1.60m
Low Tide
4:00AM0.20m
4:25PM0.29m
4:48AM0.22m
5:15PM0.32m
5:39AM0.25m
6:10PM0.37m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
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6:39
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7:10
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1
4
4
Temp °C
12
11
11
15
18
20
18
15
14
12
11
15
19
20
18
14
13
11
10
14
15
12
11
10
Feels °C
10
9
9
13
15
17
17
12
12
10
10
14
17
18
15
11
10
8
7
10
11
8
6
5
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