Tapotupoto Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.44° S 172.72° E

Issued: 5 pm 27 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Tapotupoto Bay sea temperature is

15.8° C

Tapotupoto 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 Tapotupoto Bay today (27 Jul):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 13s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 13s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tapotupoto Bay at 10PM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 27). An open ocean swell of 2.1m 13s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (27 Jul)	-	-
Afternoon (27 Jul)	2ft (0.6m)	13s
Evening (27 Jul)	2ft (0.6m)	13s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Very mild (max 15°C on Wed night, min 12°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Mon night, calm by Wed afternoon).
	Mon 27			Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29
	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
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 13	E 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13
Wave Graph
kJ	115	119	133	246	176	176	176	176	176	176	176	178	181	232	229	225	225	225	173
Wind (km/h)	S	S	SSW	S	S	SSW	S	S	SSW	SSW	S	ESE	E	E	E	NE	N	NE	NE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	glassy	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide			8:09PM2.18m				8:29AM2.13m				8:46PM2.28m					9:07AM2.22m
Low Tide	2:00PM0.69m				2:22AM0.69m				2:39PM0.60m				2:58AM0.61m					3:15PM0.52m


	—	—	—	—	—	7:26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:24	—	—	—	—	—
	5:44	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	13	14	14	14	14
Feels °C	8	7	7	7	7	8	9	9	10	10	11	12	12	10	11	12	12	12	12
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 13	WSW 13	WSW 13	WSW 13	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	SW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11
kJ	1876	1631	1548	1297	1073	864	769	636	568	456	433	360	354	278	278	273	273	268	224
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 13	E 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13
kJ	115	119	133	246	176	176	176	176	176	176	176	178	181	232	229	225	225	225	173
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	WSW 16	WSW 16	WSW 16	WSW 18	WSW 18	WSW 17	WSW 16	WSW 16
kJ	18	18	12	46	26	25	17	16	7	7	7	26	26	27	30	30	115	173	318
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 4	S 4	S 4	SSW 4	SSW 4	S 4	SE 6	SSE 6	SSW 4	SSW 3	SSW 3	SE 6	ESE 5	SE 3	E 3	E 4	ENE 3	NE 3	NE 3
kJ	14	21	28	33	24	16	40	33	10	7	7	8	3	2	6	4	5	3	4
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Rating (10 max)	1	4	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	2	3	3
Distance (km)	0	89	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	0	0	4	4	4	4	0	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	2	4	3	4	4	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	3	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	6	5	5	5	5	5	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	9	5

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