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Tora-Bombora surf break

Tora-Bombora surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 12 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Tora-Bombora surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tora-Bombora sea temperature is
17.9° C
 (Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tora-Bombora today?

The current surf forecast for Tora-Bombora at 3AM is: 0.2m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 12). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Afternoon (12 Jan)6ft (1.8m)13s
Evening (12 Jan)7ft (2.1m)11s

Table - waves today at Tora-Bombora. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
2.1
NE
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
Period(s) (?)1110101715151312111110121111107101010109999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1211958249610140112591008850555960720595486440327273223177137106132129
Wind
(km/h)
45
NW
45
NW
35
WNW
20
S
10
S
15
S
15
SSE
10
SE
10
ENE
15
NNE
15
N
10
N
10
NE
10
ENE
10
N
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
WNW
5
WSW
10
SSW
5
S
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:49AM
1.33
1:09PM
1.29
1:38AM
1.32
1:57PM
1.26
2:24AM
1.33
2:45PM
1.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:01AM
0.27
7:22PM
0.26
7:51AM
0.31
8:07PM
0.29
8:40AM
0.32
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise---5:56-------5:58-------5:58----
Sunset-------8:52-------8:52-------8:52
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--21--------------------
Temp. °C192019131415151514121212182224211616161618171717
Feels °C (?)1213141012121112119910162021171212121317161616
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