Tolaga Bay surf break

Tolaga Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 05 Dec 2025 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
18.6° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tolaga Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Tolaga Bay at 11PM is: 2.1m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm December 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Dec)--
Afternoon (05 Dec)8ft (2.5m)12s
Evening (05 Dec)7ft (2.2m)11s

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

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Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
3
3
3
3
1
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.1
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.6
N
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)12111111111010101010101010109999995101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17781447103482369251042431426921417316913510590654645262518737173
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
15
NNE
15
N
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NE
10
E
10
S
0
S
5
W
5
WNW
5
NW
10
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NNE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
glassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:20PM
1.78
7:58AM
1.87
8:16PM
1.80
8:52AM
1.90
9:09PM
1.80
9:44AM
1.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:23AM
0.26
1:55PM
0.37
2:16AM
0.24
2:50PM
0.37
3:07AM
0.23
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Sunrise-----5:35-------5:35-------5:35--
Sunset-8:16-------8:17-------8:19------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191815161720282828232018181823232424222020202629
Feels °C (?)161513151518252525222017171722212224211818192526
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