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Tora-Bombora surf break

Tora-Bombora surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 24 Jan 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
17.0° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tora-Bombora today?

The current surf forecast for Tora-Bombora at 10AM is: 1.4m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 24). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Afternoon (24 Jan)8ft (2.5m)9s
Evening (24 Jan)10ft (3.0m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tue
27
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
0
2
4
4
4
3
2
3
2
4
2
4
4
5
5
4
3
4
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
3
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)10998999999912121212121212111111101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3713903321191971120111711101488436456770907115813541197242123031132972850769680680
Wind
(km/h)
25
NW
20
WNW
45
WSW
45
SW
25
WSW
15
W
15
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SSW
5
NE
10
E
5
E
10
SSW
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
5
W
10
SSW
5
SE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crossglasscross-
on		glasscross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		glassononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:56AM
1.42
10:22PM
1.34
10:45AM
1.41
11:13PM
1.38
11:37AM
1.40
12:07AM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:43AM
0.19
4:16PM
0.18
4:34AM
0.18
5:04PM
0.16
5:27AM
0.17
5:53PM
0.15
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tue
27
Sunrise-6:11-------6:13-------6:13------
Sunset-----8:45-------8:45-------8:45--
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heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
rain showers
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
--111171--11--1-111---1221
Temp. °C151313131315141413131316171614141414171917161514
Feels °C (?)11945813121312121214171513131313161717151413
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