Tora-Bombora surf break

Tora-Bombora surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 26 Feb 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
16.3° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tora-Bombora today?

The current surf forecast for Tora-Bombora at 11AM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 26). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Afternoon (26 Feb)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (26 Feb)2ft (0.6m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
01
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
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
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
1.1
S
1.3
S
1.3
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.6
SSE
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)101010101010109999666666666691414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13313010279646445343333338813713495826451413321172020
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNW
25
NNW
30
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
WNW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
20
S
15
S
20
S
20
S
15
S
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
5
E
10
E
15
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
NNE
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:16PM
1.41
1:45AM
1.55
2:13PM
1.41
2:43AM
1.56
3:10PM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:09AM
0.12
7:26PM
0.12
8:07AM
0.12
8:22PM
0.11
9:04AM
0.12
9:19PM
0.10
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
01
Sunrise-6:52-------6:54-------6:56------
Sunset-----8:07-------8:05-------8:04--
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------1111-----------
Temp. °C171820232320171515141413131313131313141616161312
Feels °C (?)14141520201716141411121010101011111111121212109
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