Tolaga Bay surf break

Tolaga Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 12 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 4PM is: 7.5m 12s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)18ft (5.5m)11s
Afternoon (12 Apr)26ft (8.0m)12s
Evening (12 Apr)21ft (6.5m)12s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
!
0
!
!
3
4
4
2
2
2
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5.5
ENE
6.5
NE
8
NE
7
NE
6.5
NNE
3
NNE
2.4
ENE
2.2
N
2
ENE
1.8
NNE
1.2
E
1.8
NE
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
Period(s) (?)1111121212111011109109141414131313131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)738510392168041383713165264311531148718510262505915757704609591498421408329248240192
Wind
(km/h)
50
NE
60
NE
60
NE
45
NNE
30
NW
35
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
20
WNW
25
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:37PM
1.41
2:28AM
1.47
2:34PM
1.42
3:20AM
1.52
3:29PM
1.45
4:09AM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:33AM
0.56
7:42PM
0.52
8:24AM
0.54
8:38PM
0.50
9:16AM
0.48
9:30PM
0.46
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Sunrise6:30-------6:31-------6:31-------
Sunset--5:44-------5:42-------5:40-----
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
rain showers
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
Rain (mm)
22147------------------1-
Temp. °C202120212220191820222219181716171921221817151413
Feels °C (?)13131116191415161920211817171516182020161513108
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