Tom Bowling Bay Surf Forecast

/ Northland (73 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (34.43° S 172.98° E)

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Tom Bowling Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 14 Sep 2025 NZST

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

Today's Tom Bowling Bay sea temperature is 16.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Tom Bowling Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Tom Bowling Bay at 10PM is: 0.9m 4s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (14 Sep)	4ft (1.2m)	4s
Evening (14 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	4s

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

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	Sunday 14			Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17
	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	E	E	N	SW	SW	SW	NE	NE	NE	N	N	N	NE	NE	NW
Period(s) (?)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	11	11	13	3	3	3	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	3
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	58	45	31	19	17	13	8	7	7	2	2	3	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Wind (km/h)	WSW	SW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WNW	W	WNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)					12:58AM 1.90				1:45PM 1.91				2:04AM 1.79				2:55PM 1.85					3:16AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)			6:54PM 0.40				7:21AM 0.28				8:00PM 0.50				8:28AM 0.37					9:13PM 0.56				9:39AM 0.41

	Sunday 14			Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-
Sunset	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	15
Feels °C (?)	9	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Northland

Wind Update Still cross-shore at Tom Bowling Bay (near gales from the SW at CapeReingaAws 27 km from Tom Bowling Bay). 0.3m 15s groundswell from the WNW with a 0.3m 14s groundswell from the N. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 11 minutes ago Tom Bowling Bay

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27 km away, 1 h 11 min ago

56 km/h

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16.3

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