Tora-Bombora surf break

Tora-Bombora surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 11 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
16.1° C
(Which is 1.4°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 5PM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Feb)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (11 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Evening (11 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
1
3
3
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
SSE
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
1.3
ENE
1.5
NE
1.3
NE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1.1
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.7
ENE
2.1
NE
1.8
NE
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
Period(s) (?)11111111101091099911666677777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)170153117654696111115110765685105151120149158110186286432312163136
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
20
SW
20
SSW
10
S
5
ESE
5
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
15
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
ENE
10
E
10
NE
0
N
5
NNW
15
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crossglassglasscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:22PM
1.24
1:47AM
1.33
2:09PM
1.23
2:33AM
1.34
2:55PM
1.23
3:19AM
1.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:16AM
0.32
7:29PM
0.32
8:04AM
0.33
8:14PM
0.33
8:51AM
0.33
8:59PM
0.32
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunrise-------6:35-------6:37-------6:37
Sunset---8:28-------8:27-------8:24----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192218161516151519222222191817172223222220191816
Feels °C (?)171916161617151418202020181817162222232322201814
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