Tolaga Bay surf break

Tolaga Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 10 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
20.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Tolaga Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Tolaga Bay at 11PM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 10). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Feb)--
Afternoon (10 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (10 Feb)2ft (0.6m)14s

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

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Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.6
S
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.7
E
0.7
ENE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)101014101010661111111110101010101010121111106
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5554142555554373568666582777471706840394458564853
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
5
NE
5
NW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
SE
10
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
10
NNE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
onononcross-
on
glassglassoffglassonononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:26PM
1.50
2:05AM
1.46
2:09PM
1.46
2:56AM
1.45
2:58PM
1.42
3:53AM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:31PM
0.43
7:57AM
0.55
8:17PM
0.48
8:53AM
0.59
9:10PM
0.52
9:48AM
0.60
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sunrise-----6:28-------6:30-------6:31--
Sunset-8:12-------8:10-------8:09------
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201918171717202222201918171720212120191818192122
Feels °C (?)171617161717192121202120181822212020201819202122
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