Tolaga Bay surf break

Tolaga Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 27 Oct 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
15.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Tolaga Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Tolaga Bay at 4AM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 27). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Afternoon (27 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)4s
Evening (27 Oct)7ft (2.2m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
27
Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
3
3
2
2
1
0
1
0
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
1.3
N
1.9
NNE
2.2
NNE
2.1
NNE
1.9
NNE
2.1
NNE
2
NNE
2.3
N
1.6
NNE
1.4
NNE
1.1
NNE
0.8
N
0.7
NNE
0.6
N
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.7
S
Period(s) (?)10101010101056788889910101010109999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)156125717049317829345853448354753486140934125513810673431417407439
Wind
(km/h)
20
WNW
15
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
20
N
25
N
20
N
20
N
25
N
15
NNW
15
NW
25
NW
25
W
25
WSW
30
W
30
W
25
WSW
25
W
25
W
15
W
15
SE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffcrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:35PM
1.45
11:02AM
1.53
11:15PM
1.44
11:47AM
1.51
11:56PM
1.44
12:36PM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:29AM
0.40
5:00PM
0.48
5:10AM
0.44
5:46PM
0.51
5:54AM
0.47
6:36PM
0.54
Monday
27
Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
Sunrise---6:05-------6:03-------6:03----
Sunset-------7:35-------7:37-------7:37
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------26-26--------
Temp. °C151415151619201818192018192115101110101015181614
Feels °C (?)101011111214161415171717171711432339141211
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