Tolaga Bay surf break

Tolaga Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 21 Feb 2026 NZDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
20.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tolaga Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Tolaga Bay at 8PM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)7s
Afternoon (21 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Evening (21 Feb)3ft (0.9m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
1.3
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.5
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
Period(s) (?)667881110888888888881211101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6057599911127526035353523243526262020208911764458306230185
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
ESE
20
NE
20
NNE
20
N
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
ESE
10
ENE
5
SE
10
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SSE
15
SSE
0
E
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
onglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crossglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:58AM
1.64
10:15PM
1.59
10:45AM
1.61
11:04PM
1.59
11:34AM
1.59
11:57PM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:04PM
0.19
4:18AM
0.25
4:49PM
0.18
5:06AM
0.28
5:36PM
0.20
5:58AM
0.32
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise-------6:41-------6:43-------6:43
Sunset---7:59-------7:57-------7:55----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171920191614141420232421181615141719181715151515
Feels °C (?)161817161413131318212221171312121416151614141414
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

Latest Updates

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Tolaga Bay surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest