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Tolaga Bay Surf Photo: 'Tolaga left' by Rob Davies

Lat Long: 38.38° S 178.31° E

Issued: 11 am 21 Jun 2026 (local time)

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Today's Tolaga Bay sea temperature is

14.9° C

Slightly cooler than normal

Tolaga Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	E		ENE	S
	9 s	on		8 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 21 February at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Tolaga Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	E		ENE	S
	9 s	cross- on		8 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 21 February at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Tolaga Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	ESE		ENE	S
	9 s	cross- on		9 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 21 February at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Tolaga Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	S		ENE	S
	10 s	cross- off		10 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 February at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Tolaga Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	S	SSE	ENE	S
	10 s	cross- off	3 s	10 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 February at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Tolaga Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	SSW	S	ENE	S
	10 s	cross- off	4 s	10 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 February at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Tolaga Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	SSW	S	ENE	S
	10 s	cross- off	4 s	10 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 February at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Tolaga Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	SSW	S	ENE	S
	10 s	cross- off	5 s	10 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 February at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Tolaga Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	SSW	SSW	ENE	S
	9 s	cross- off	6 s	9 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 February at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Tolaga Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	S	SSW	SSW	ENE	S
	7 s	cross- off	7 s	9 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 February at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Tolaga Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	S	SSW	SSW	ENE	S
	7 s	cross- off	7 s	9 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 February at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Tolaga Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	S	SSW	SSW	ENE	S
	8 s	cross- off	7 s	9 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 23 February at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Tolaga Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSE	SSW	SSW	ENE	S
	8 s	cross- off	8 s	9 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 23 February at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Tolaga Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSE	SSW	SSW	SSW	ENE
	8 s	cross- off	8 s	11 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 23 February at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Tolaga Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSE	SSW	S	ENE	N
	9 s	cross- off	11 s	9 s	15 s

Open ocean wave model on 23 February at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Tolaga Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSE	S	S	ENE	N
	10 s	cross- off	11 s	9 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 23 February at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Tolaga Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSE	S	S	ENE	N
	10 s	cross- off	10 s	9 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 23 February at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Tolaga Bay around the time the photo was taken

Image captured 28 minutes before high water (at high ordinary tide). Tide height was 1.4m (4.7 ft). Range 1.83m (6.0 ft). Toggle tide graph

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Tolaga Bay Surf Photo: 'Tolaga left' by Rob Davies

Empty left in front of the watch-tower north of the river at high tide. Shoulder to head high and hollow at times but the cross-off wind made it a bit lumpy at this break as it is quite a long way from the shore. All the Gisborne breaks were howling onshore SSW and with some east swell running, Tolaga was a good option. Mahia north reefs would have been ok too.

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User: Rob Davies (1346 photos)

Country: New Zealand (2470 photos)

Photo taken at: 4:12 pm 22 Feb 2013