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Tolaga Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 17 Feb 2026 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
21.0° C
 (Which is 1.0°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 11AM is: 1.1m 13s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 17). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Afternoon (17 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Evening (17 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Fri
20
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
2
2
0
1
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
3
3
3
4
3
2
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
ESE
0.8
ESE
1.5
NE
1.8
NE
1.6
NE
1.4
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)131313121212121111111110101312101010121212121010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)352437418392367309268213198198166157124154196469622541509595421298157158
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
5
WNW
5
NNW
10
NE
15
NE
15
N
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
W
0
WSW
10
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
15
SW
10
W
10
WSW
5
W
10
NW
10
WNW
0
WSW
10
N
15
NNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:15AM
1.58
7:19PM
1.54
7:54AM
1.62
8:03PM
1.56
8:33AM
1.65
8:47PM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:06PM
0.43
1:18AM
0.31
1:52PM
0.35
2:01AM
0.27
2:36PM
0.28
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Fri
20
Sunrise-6:35-------6:37-------6:37------
Sunset-----8:04-------8:02-------8:00--
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151519222422171616161920201918171615202225232120
Feels °C (?)141418212220161615161817171717171614182224221919
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