Tora-Bombora surf break

Tora-Bombora surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 20 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
16.8° 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: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Afternoon (21 Feb)5ft (1.6m)10s
Evening (21 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
2
2
2
3
1
0
1
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
3
3
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
SE
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.4
S
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.8
SW
0.5
S
1
SSW
0.7
S
2.3
SSW
2
S
1.8
SSW
1.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)109106771111101010999888897810109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)102929297139121457599577424301237146805739953218048755849640461
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
30
S
15
SSW
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
15
ESE
15
ESE
20
ENE
20
NNW
35
NW
35
NW
20
NW
45
NW
30
WNW
25
SW
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffoffoffoffoffoffcrosscross-
on
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:19PM
1.38
8:44AM
1.45
9:09PM
1.42
9:35AM
1.44
10:01PM
1.45
10:28AM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:32AM
0.14
3:02PM
0.14
3:25AM
0.13
3:52PM
0.13
4:19AM
0.12
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise-----6:47-------6:48-------6:50--
Sunset-8:15-------8:14-------8:13------
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C221614141211151716171415151618212017151414131516
Feels °C (?)191111121091314131410881210161515141212111314
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