Tora-Stix surf break

Tora-Stix surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 NZST
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Tora-Stix surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tora-Stix sea temperature is
12.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Tora-Stix today?

The current surf forecast for Tora-Stix at 1PM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 18). An open ocean swell of 2.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Afternoon (18 Sep)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)13s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
3
3
3
4
4
3
3
2
2
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
2.2
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
2.1
S
2.1
S
2.1
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.4
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
Period(s) (?)1010101413677899991010131313121212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)51507017522238157467192215301168844690681602142314011401710771771604369300
Wind
(km/h)
40
WNW
40
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
15
WNW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
5
S
5
NNW
10
NNW
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffcrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:59PM
1.51
2:25AM
1.36
2:52PM
1.48
3:16AM
1.35
3:42PM
1.45
4:06AM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:40AM
0.15
8:21PM
0.16
8:34AM
0.16
9:12PM
0.17
9:26AM
0.17
10:02PM
0.19
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise6:15-------6:13-------6:11-------
Sunset---6:08-------6:09-------6:10----
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
light rain
light rain
cloud
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
----11-1----------------
Temp. °C151615131099999986544914141111121212
Feels °C (?)78867221123531-1-149866776
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  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Tora-Stix (moderate winds from the N at Ngawi Automatic Weather Station 27 km from Tora-Stix). 0.7m 10s swell from the S with a 0.2m 13s groundswell from the SW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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28 km/h
N
0.0
12.6
Air / Water (°C)
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