Taipa Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.99° S 173.46° E

Issued: 11 am 09 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Taipa Bay sea temperature is

16.5° C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Taipa Bay today (09 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Taipa Bay at 4PM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 09). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (09 Jul)	2.5ft (0.7m)	10s
Afternoon (09 Jul)	2.5ft (0.7m)	10s
Evening (09 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	10s

Table - waves today at Taipa Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Very mild (max 14°C on Thu morning, min 10°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
	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)	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	E 10	ESE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	110	112	112	110	184	210	258	263	186	140	137	137	111	109	137	166	169	173	160	163	133	133	161	77
Wind (km/h)	WSW	SSW	SSE	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSE	S	N	E	ESE	ESE	SE	SE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			2:47PM2.41m					3:11AM2.53m				3:48PM2.46m				4:11AM2.55m				4:56PM2.54m				5:16AM2.58m
Low Tide	8:34AM0.72m				8:52PM0.87m					9:29AM0.70m				9:56PM0.88m				10:30AM0.67m				11:04PM0.86m


	7:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:31
	—	—	5:29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:30	—	—	—	—	5:30
mm	—	2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—
Temp °C	12	14	14	11	12	11	11	11	12	13	13	11	11	12	12	11	11	14	13	13	12	11	10	10
Feels °C	10	12	12	8	8	6	7	6	7	8	9	8	9	10	10	9	9	13	11	12	10	9	8	8
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	N 11	ESE 10
kJ	110	112	112	110	184	210	258	263	186	140	137	137	111	109	137	166	169	173	160	163	133	133	3	77
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 17	WNW 5	NW 7	WNW 7	WNW 7	NW 12	NW 20	NW 19	NW 19	NW 18	NW 18	NW 18	NW 18	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	W 17	N 11
kJ	12	2	7	4	4	5	15	15	14	13	12	12	12	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	6	2
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	NW 7	NW 16	NW 16	NW 16	NW 21	NW 7	W 12	N 13	N 13	N 13	N 13	N 12	W 17	W 16	W 16	W 16	W 16	W 16	W 18	W 18	W 18	—	W 16
kJ	—	2	11	11	11	17	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	6	5	5	5	5	5	7	6	6	—	5
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 4	WSW 4	SW 3	SSE 3	S 3	S 4	S 4	S 4	S 4	SSW 4	S 4	S 4	S 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	E 10	E 4
kJ	11	5	2	5	10	15	19	21	27	16	14	6	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	161	26
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	492	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	5	1	1		1	2	2	2	2	1	1	4	1	2	2	4	4	2	1	2	5	1	2	5
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Rating (10 max)	6	7	7	7	6	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5
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Rating (10 max)	9	9	9	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	5	8	8	8	5	5	5	4	5	7	6

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