Tolaga Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.38° S 178.31° E

Tolaga Bay, New Zealand Weather Observations

Issued: 12 am 11 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tolaga Bay sea temperature is
16.3°C
0.3° 

Tolaga Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Current weather conditions and live observations for Tolaga Bay based on the nearest weather station observations (including METAR, SYNOP, ship and quickscat wind data). This is the most reliable place on surf-forecast.com to see what is happening with the weather in Tolaga Bay right now. Also check out the current weather map overlays on our dynamic weather maps.

Current Weather near Tolaga Bay

as reported by 5 closest weather stations

Weather Station WeatherWindGustsTemp.Visibility
Visibility /
Cloud

Tolaga Bay Area School

1 km WNW4 m above sea level

1 hour ago
Dry
25
moderate winds from the N
(24 km/h at 0°)
18.4 °C-
-
-
-
-

Pouawa

28 km S223 m above sea level

2 hours ago
Dry
15
light winds from the NE
(17 km/h at 45°)
16 °C-
-
-
-
-

Gisborne Airport

42 km SSW240 m above sea level

53 minutes ago
light rainContinuous light rain
5
light winds from the NNW
(6 km/h at 330°)
17.3 °C10 km
10 km

no observation

Hiruharama

50 km N90 m above sea level

1 hour ago
mod rainDry
5
calm
(4 km/h at 45°)
16.8 °C-
-
-
-
-

Poroporo

66 km N149 m above sea level

2 hours ago
light rainRecent light rain
45
strong winds from the NW
(46 km/h at 315°)
17 °C-
-
-
-
-

Wharerata

68 km SSW498 m above sea level

1 hour ago
light rainRecent light rain
10
light winds from the N
(9 km/h at 0°)
13.6 °C-
-
-
-
-

Traffords Hill, Matawai Automatic Weather Station

75 km WSW726 m above sea level

1 hour ago
heavy rainRecent heavy rain
wind obs. (7 kph from 315 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
12.6 °C-
-
-
-
-

Mahia Automatic Weather Station

87 km S132 m above sea level

1 hour ago
Dry
30
moderate winds from the NNE
(28 km/h at 20°)
15.8 °C-
-
-
no observation
-

Mahia Automatic Weather Station

87 km S136 m above sea level

53 minutes ago
light rainContinuous light rain
30
moderate winds from the N
(28 km/h at 10°)
15.7 °C-
-

no observation

Mahia

88 km S132 m above sea level

2 hours ago
Dry
20
moderate winds from the N
(22 km/h at 0°)
16 °C-
-
-
-
-

* NOTE: not all weather observatories update at the same frequency which is the reason why some locations may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones. We also include passing Ship data if it is recorded close to Tolaga Bay and within an acceptable time window.

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