Tora-Bombora surf break

Tora-Bombora surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 25 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
16.2° C
(Which is 1.1°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 2PM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Feb)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (25 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Evening (25 Feb)3ft (0.9m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
1.2
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
SE
0.4
SSE
1
S
1.2
S
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
Period(s) (?)101010101010101010101010101010999666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)121143140281179135155123133130100796463613441336110411711310385
Wind
(km/h)
0
E
10
NNE
15
NE
20
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
20
NW
15
NW
20
NW
5
N
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
15
S
15
S
20
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:19PM
1.41
12:48AM
1.54
1:16PM
1.41
1:45AM
1.55
2:13PM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:12AM
0.12
6:30PM
0.13
7:09AM
0.12
7:26PM
0.12
8:07AM
0.12
8:22PM
0.11
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
Sunrise-6:52-------6:52-------6:54------
Sunset-----8:07-------8:07-------8:05--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------------1111---
Temp. °C121114182020181718182123242117151514141313131413
Feels °C (?)11911141616161515141821222216141411121010101110
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