Tora-Bombora Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.50° S 175.54° E

Tora-Bombora 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 04 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tora-Bombora sea temperature is
11.9° C
0.2° 

Tora-Bombora surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Tora-Bombora today (04 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Aug, local time) - 16ft (5.0m), 12s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Aug, local time) - 15ft (4.5m), 12s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Tora-Bombora at 9PM is: 4.5m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm August 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Aug)--
Afternoon (04 Aug)16ft (5.0m)12s
Evening (04 Aug)15ft (4.5m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Very mild (max 10°C on Fri morning, min 5°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSW on Tue afternoon, light winds from the WSW by Thu afternoon).

Tue
4
Wednesday
5
Thursday
6
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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2
2
4
3
3
4
3
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
5
SSW
12
4.5
SSW
12
4.5
SSW
12
5
S
12
4.5
S
12
4.5
S
12
4
S
12
3.5
S
12
4
S
12
3
S
12
3
S
11
2.5
S
11
2.1
SSE
10
2.3
S
11
1.5
SSW
11
1.6
SE
11
1.6
SE
10
1.4
SE
10
1.4
SE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
6492
6211
6050
6402
6234
5178
4454
3599
4293
2635
2166
1783
880
1246
503
595
517
412
392
Wind (km/h)
45
SSW
45
SSW
45
SSW
45
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
NNW
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
9:20PM1.36m
9:46AM1.35m
10:10PM1.36m
10:37AM1.40m
Low Tide
3:38AM0.21m
4:01PM0.21m
4:25AM0.20m
4:54PM0.20m
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:22
7:20
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:24
5:25
5:27
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
7
6
6
6
7
7
7
8
7
8
7
7
7
7
7
8
9
7
6
Feels °C
-4
-5
-5
-5
-3
-2
-1
2
1
3
2
2
2
3
3
4
5
5
4
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