La toba volcánica o tufo volcánico es un tipo de roca ígnea volcánica, ligera, de consistencia porosa, formada por la acumulación de cenizas u otros elementos volcánicos muy pequeños expelidos por los respiraderos durante una erupción volcánica. Se forma principalmente por la deposición de cenizas y lapilli durante las erupciones piroclásticas. Su velocidad de enfriamiento es más rápida que en el caso de rocas intrusivas como el granito y con una menor concentración en cristales. No hay que confundirla con la toba calcárea ni tampoco con la pumita.

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Tuff (from the Italian tufo) is a type of rock made of volcanic ash ejected from a vent during a volcanic eruption. Following ejection and deposition, the ash is compacted into a solid rock in a process called consolidation. Tuff is sometimes called tufa, particularly when used as construction material, although tufa also refers to a quite different rock. Rock that contains greater than 50% tuff is considered tuffaceous. Tuff is a relatively soft rock, so it has been used for construction since ancient times. Since it is common in Italy the Romans used it often for construction. The Rapa Nui people used it to make most of the moai statues in Easter Island. Tuff can be classified as either sedimentary or igneous rocks. They are usually studied in the context of igneous petrology, although they are sometimes described using sedimentological terms.

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