Tora-Bombora Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.50° S 175.54° E

Tora-Bombora 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 09 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tora-Bombora sea temperature is
12.4° C
0.0° 

Tora-Bombora surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Tora-Bombora today (09 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Jul, local time) - 15ft (4.5m), 10s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Jul, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 11s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Jul, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 11s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tora-Bombora at 5PM is: 3.5m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.8m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 2.4m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jul)15ft (4.5m)10s
Afternoon (09 Jul)11ft (3.5m)11s
Evening (09 Jul)11ft (3.5m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Mild temperatures (max 9°C on Thu morning, min 8°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSE on Thu morning, calm by Sat night).

Thu
9
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
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
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4.5
SE
10
3.5
ESE
11
3.5
ESE
11
3.5
ESE
11
3.5
ESE
11
3
ESE
10
3
ESE
11
3
ESE
11
2.5
ESE
10
2.5
ESE
10
2.5
ESE
10
2.3
ESE
10
2.2
ESE
10
2.1
ESE
10
1.7
ESE
10
1.6
ESE
10
1.8
ESE
10
1
SSW
18
1.1
SSW
17
1.2
SSW
16
1
SSW
16
1.1
SSW
15
1
SSW
14
1
SSW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
4480
2537
2527
2732
2355
2006
1994
1826
1469
1450
1207
1040
892
832
551
502
603
609
665
696
463
558
394
395
Wind (km/h)
45
SSE
40
S
40
S
35
S
40
S
35
S
30
S
30
S
25
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
S
0
SSE
5
NNE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
High Tide
11:51AM1.38m
00:15AM1.37m
12:45PM1.45m
1:10AM1.39m
1:41PM1.52m
2:08AM1.42m
Low Tide
6:05PM0.21m
6:27AM0.17m
7:01PM0.17m
7:21AM0.13m
8:00PM0.13m
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:43
7:43
7:41
7:41
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5:01
5:02
5:04
5:04
 mm
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
9
9
9
9
9
9
8
8
8
9
9
9
9
9
8
8
9
9
9
8
8
9
8
8
Feels °C
-1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
4
4
5
4
4
3
3
5
6
6
5
5
6
6
6
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