Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Tora-Bombora today (16 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 9s period with SSE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 8s period with SSE swell.
The current surf forecast for Tora-Bombora at 12AM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (16 Sep) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 9s |
| Evening (16 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Tora-Bombora. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 17°C on Tue afternoon, min 7°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NW on Wed morning, calm by Fri morning). | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 15 | Wednesday 16 | Thursday 17 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SE 10 | SW 13 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SW 13 | SE 10 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | SW 15 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | SW 14 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 169 | 94 | 88 | 72 | 48 | 33 | 44 | 33 | 43 | 44 | 68 | 82 | 79 | 75 | 68 | 67 | 64 | 60 | 59 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off |
High Tide | 8:17PM1.39m | 8:41AM1.43m | 9:07PM1.34m | 9:29AM1.41m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:30AM0.19m | 3:01PM0.19m | 3:18AM0.23m | 3:51PM0.23m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:16 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 6:06 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:07 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 17 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 11 |
Feels °C | 14 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 6 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 10 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | NE 5 |
| kJ | 169 | 94 | 88 | 72 | 48 | 26 | 35 | 23 | 43 | 40 | 68 | 82 | 79 | 75 | 68 | 67 | 64 | 60 | 14 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 14 | S 9 | S 9 | SSW 13 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | S 8 | SE 11 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SSW 13 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SW 14 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | ESE 9 |
| kJ | 51 | 41 | 39 | 64 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 33 | 16 | 23 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 53 | 56 | 51 | 45 | 43 | 59 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 10 | SSW 14 | SW 12 | SE 10 | NE 5 | SE 10 | SW 13 | S 8 | SSW 13 | SW 13 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | SW 7 | NE 12 | SW 7 | SW 14 |
| kJ | 20 | 78 | 39 | 17 | 7 | 33 | 44 | 12 | 34 | 44 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 51 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 3 | ENE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NNE 5 | NNE 4 | — | NW 3 | WNW 3 | WNW 3 | NW 3 | NW 3 | NNW 3 | N 3 | NNE 3 | NNE 3 | NE 4 | NE 5 | NNW 4 |
| kJ | 3 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 8 | — | 4 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 5 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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