Tora-Bombora surf break

Tora-Bombora surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 04 Mar 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
16.2° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Tora-Bombora today?

The current surf forecast for Tora-Bombora at 2AM is: 1.7m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.0m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)12s
Afternoon (05 Mar)6ft (1.8m)11s
Evening (05 Mar)5ft (1.6m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
4
3
3
4
4
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
SE
2.2
SE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.6
SE
2
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
E
1
ESE
1
E
1
E
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
E
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
Period(s) (?)1110101010121211111110101010101099999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11079937637114521138108287073156149241634227920118818014714411388816464
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
5
SE
5
NNE
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
5
NNE
10
E
5
NE
5
N
10
NNW
15
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:10AM
1.49
7:34PM
1.41
7:59AM
1.44
8:23PM
1.40
8:48AM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:57AM
0.11
1:29PM
0.13
1:49AM
0.13
2:17PM
0.16
2:40AM
0.16
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise------7:01-------7:03-------7:03-
Sunset-7:57-------7:55-------7:53------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141311101010141819191413121217212219151414151818
Feels °C (?)1212108881316181812119914192018141313141817
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