Surf Forecasts:
Tairua Bar surf forecast from 9 Jul 2026:
- Best quality surf: Saturday 11 Jul, 9PM (local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period, ESE swell with cross-offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Saturday 11 Jul, 12AM (local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 10s period, ESE swell with 448 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Saturday 11 Jul, 9PM (local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with ESE swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Tairua Bar this week:
The surf forecast for Tairua Bar over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Saturday (Jul 11) at 9PM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.8m and 10s period with a secondary swell of 0.4m and 3s. The wind is predicted to be cross-offshore as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Tairua Bar in the next 16 days are 1.5m 10s and forecast to arrive on Saturday (Jul 11) at 12AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-shore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 1.0m 5s period and expected on Tuesday (Jul 14) at 6AM.
| Wave Type | Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 9PM (Sat 11th Jul) | 2.5ft (0.8m) 10s |
| Best Surf | 9PM (Sat 11th Jul) | 2.5ft (0.8m) 10s |
| Most Powerful | 12AM (Sat 11th Jul) | 5ft (1.5m) 10s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Tairua Bar over the next 16 days.
Alright, grab a coffee. Rusty here. Pored over the charts for Tairua Bar, and I gotta be honest – it's a tough stretch. There's no surf worth mentioning until we get all the way to Friday, July 25th.
Look, from Friday the 10th all the way through the week, it's flat or junk. Swell is tiny, with the combined energy stuck below 100 or just over it for most days. The wind is a cross-breeze or onshore the whole time, making it choppy and bumpy. You'd be wasting your fuel.
Then around Sunday the 19th, the ocean wakes up, but in the worst way. Swell jumps to 5 to 7 feet, and by Monday and Tuesday it's 11 to 15 feet, but it's getting hammered by a 25 to 40 km/h onshore wind. The combined energy numbers explode into the thousands, so there's a ton of power, but it's all just a blown-out, lumpy mess. That's not a surf day; that's a kite day.
The one bright spot comes at the very end of the run, on Friday the 25th.
Tairua Bar (New Zealand) – That Friday morning is the one to circle. A solid 6-foot groundswell from the ENE. The combined energy is 750 – moderate but punchy. And the wind... light WNW breeze blowing cross-offshore, and the report says "clean." For a tricky, advanced bar break like this, that's perfect. The period is 10 seconds, so you'll get good, lined-up waves with some push.
After more than a week of nothing or awful conditions, having a clean 6ft day with the right wind is a genuine standout. It's far out, so hold it loosely, but right now that's the only window in sight for a proper paddle.
Keep the faith.
- Rusty
Short Range ForecastSome drizzle, heaviest during Sun night. Very mild (max 13°C on Fri afternoon, min 7°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Mon morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Tue afternoon, min 10°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Friday 10 | Saturday 11 | Sunday 12 | Monday 13 | Tuesday 14 | Wednesday 15 | Thursday 16 | |||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 6 | E 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | E 10 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | ESE 9 | E 10 | ESE 10 | NNE 5 | N 6 | N 5 | NE 5 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 11 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 149 | 151 | 448 | 250 | 196 | 113 | 87 | 61 | 27 | 69 | 31 | 35 | 31 | 20 | 8 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 25 | 27 | 25 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-off | cross | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross | cross-off | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | cross-off |
High Tide | 2:49PM1.81m | 3:11AM1.85m | 3:52PM1.86m | 4:16AM1.88m | 5:02PM1.92m | 5:21AM1.93m | 6:10PM2.01m | 6:23AM1.97m | 7:09PM2.11m | 7:21AM2.00m | 8:01PM2.16m | 8:16AM2.01m | 8:51PM2.17m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 8:59PM0.67m | 9:29AM0.54m | 10:03PM0.66m | 10:33AM0.53m | 11:07PM0.63m | 11:36AM0.49m | 00:10AM0.60m | 12:33PM0.42m | 1:09AM0.57m | 1:27PM0.37m | 2:07AM0.53m | 2:19PM0.35m | |||||||||
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 | 7:28 | — | — | 7:28 | — | — | 7:28 | — | — | 7:26 | — | — | 7:26 | — | — | 7:26 | — | — | 7:26 | — | — |
 | — | 5:14 | — | — | 5:15 | — | — | 5:15 | — | — | 5:15 | — | — | 5:16 | — | — | 5:16 | — | — | 5:17 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 12 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 12 |
Feels °C | 6 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 11 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 10 | E 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | E 10 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 6 | ENE 5 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | N 6 | N 5 | NE 5 | NNE 5 | NNE 5 | NNE 5 | E 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 11 |
| kJ | 96 | 151 | 312 | 250 | 196 | 113 | 87 | 61 | 10 | 7 | 31 | 20 | 31 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 27 | 25 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 14 | — | — | N 13 | N 12 | N 12 | N 11 | — | ESE 9 | ESE 10 | NE 12 | NE 11 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NNW 6 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | NNE 5 | NNE 5 | NE 5 |
| kJ | 4 | — | — | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | 27 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | N 13 | — | — | N 10 | — | N 10 | — | E 12 | NE 12 | NE 9 | NE 9 | ESE 10 | E 9 | E 10 | NNW 6 | NE 10 | NE 10 | NE 10 | NE 10 | E 14 |
| kJ | — | 4 | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 6 | SSE 6 | ESE 10 | — | — | — | SSE 3 | — | — | E 10 | NNE 4 | NNE 5 | NNW 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ENE 4 |
| kJ | 149 | 55 | 448 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 69 | 11 | 35 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 34 | 85 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 112 | 112 | 112 | 112 | 254 | 0 | 88 | 112 | 112 | 138 | 112 | 112 | 104 | 14 |
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