Tora-Bombora surf break

Tora-Bombora surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm 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 9PM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 26). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-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
Sunday
01
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.9
S
1.1
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)101010101099966766666661099141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)102796464453433335297145115958266514131253326403946
Wind
(km/h)
30
NW
30
NW
30
NW
25
WNW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
S
15
S
20
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
5
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
15
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
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
3:39AM
1.57
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
Sunday
01
Sunrise-------6:54-------6:56-------6:56
Sunset---8:07-------8:05-------8:04----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------1111-------------
Temp. °C202322201715151414131313131313131416161613121112
Feels °C (?)1519181716141311121010101011111111121112109910
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