Tolaga Bay surf break

Tolaga Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 07 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
19.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Tolaga Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Tolaga Bay at 10AM is: 2.4m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 07). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)8ft (2.4m)8s
Afternoon (07 Apr)8ft (2.5m)8s
Evening (07 Apr)10ft (3.0m)8s

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


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Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
2
ENE
2
ENE
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.8
ENE
1.8
ENE
Period(s) (?)10888888888889910101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)898605744822886950109310931021958887877537494593541504732717494504443650612
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
10
N
15
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:49AM
1.49
10:17PM
1.53
10:29AM
1.46
11:00PM
1.51
11:09AM
1.43
11:47PM
1.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:31AM
0.39
3:46PM
0.35
4:12AM
0.45
4:25PM
0.41
4:57AM
0.50
5:06PM
0.47
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
Sunrise--6:24-------6:26-------6:26-----
Sunset----5:51-------5:49-------5:47---
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1111111111--------1-----
Temp. °C161717181717171717181819181818181717182020191716
Feels °C (?)131413141414131414161617161616171616181918181615
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