Tora-Bombora Surf Forecast

/ Wairarapa (36 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Tora-Bombora surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 21 Oct 2025 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 14.3° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tora-Bombora today?

The current surf forecast for Tora-Bombora at 9PM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 21). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (21 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (21 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s
Evening (21 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s

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

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	Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22								Thursday 23								Friday 24
	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	E	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	16	8	16	17	16	14	12	12	12	19	17	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	9	8	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	34	33	25	24	65	195	377	778	501	339	333	312	717	434	384	299	204	145	131	127	123	151	207	2355
Wind (km/h)	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	N	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	SW	SSE	ESE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)						6:12AM 1.35				6:35PM 1.31				6:57AM 1.37					7:21PM 1.29				7:41AM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)				12:02AM 0.25				12:29PM 0.25				12:45AM 0.26					1:17PM 0.25				1:30AM 0.28

	Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22								Thursday 23								Friday 24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-
Sunset	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	15	15	13	11	15	15	15	14	14	14	16	17	18	19	19	19	17	16	15	13	13	15
Feels °C (?)	8	9	6	9	12	9	9	7	8	7	8	7	7	11	12	13	12	11	8	8	8	10	10	12

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Wairarapa

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Tora-Bombora (strong winds from the N at Ngawi Automatic Weather Station 27 km from Tora-Bombora). 0.4m 10s swell from the E with a 0.3m 16s long period groundswell from the SW and a 0.2m 9s swell from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 32 minutes ago Tora-Bombora

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27 km away, 2 h 32 min ago

44 km/h

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14.3

Air / Water (°C)

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