Tora-Bombora Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.50° S 175.54° E

Tora-Bombora 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 10 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tora-Bombora sea temperature is
12.9°C
0.9° 

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 (11 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 18s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 18s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 17s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Tora-Bombora at 12AM is: 1.5m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)18s
Afternoon (11 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)18s
Evening (11 Sep)3ft (0.9m)17s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 13°C on Fri afternoon, min 7°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
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
2
3
3
2
1
2
2
0
2
3
4
2
4
4
5
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SW
13
1.7
SSW
6
1.6
S
7
1.5
S
7
1.4
S
7
0.8
SSW
18
0.8
SSW
18
0.8
SSW
18
0.8
SSW
18
0.8
SSW
18
0.9
SSW
17
0.9
SSW
17
1
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
16
1.7
SSW
16
2.1
SSW
16
2.5
SSW
14
3
SSW
15
3
SSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
50
226
247
233
201
431
413
404
395
390
433
464
487
881
1550
2198
3009
4783
4909
Wind (km/h)
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
20
S
10
SSW
5
NW
15
NNW
25
NW
30
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
25
SSE
5
SSW
5
SE
5
ESE
10
SE
10
E
10
ENE
15
N
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
High Tide
4:23AM1.45m
4:51PM1.56m
5:17AM1.46m
5:44PM1.52m
Low Tide
10:18PM0.07m
10:35AM0.05m
11:11PM0.07m
11:31AM0.06m
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:26
6:24
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:00
6:01
6:02
 mm
1
3
Temp °C
9
8
9
9
8
7
9
12
13
11
9
10
9
9
10
10
11
10
8
Feels °C
4
2
3
4
4
4
5
6
6
8
6
5
6
7
8
7
8
7
5
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