Tapotupoto Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.44° S 172.72° E

Issued: 6 am 15 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Tapotupoto Bay sea temperature is

16.1°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 (15 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 8s period with WNW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 8s period with WNW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tapotupoto Bay at 2PM is: 2.4m 8s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 15). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Oct)	10ft (3.0m)	8s
Afternoon (15 Oct)	8ft (2.4m)	8s
Evening (15 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Very mild (max 15°C on Thu afternoon, min 12°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the W on Thu night, light winds from the SSE by Sat night).
	Thursday 15							Friday 16								Saturday 17
	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	!	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNW 6	NNW 6	WNW 8	WNW 8	WNW 8	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	ENE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	ESE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	145	333	1001	864	691	46	46	46	38	48	35	35	34	33	23	24	25	25	25	24	23	25	78
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NNW	SW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	on	on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide				12:37PM2.25m				00:55AM2.10m					1:15PM2.14m				1:38AM1.98m				2:02PM2.02m
Low Tide		6:34AM0.51m				6:55PM0.66m					7:11AM0.63m				7:38PM0.77m				7:53AM0.76m				8:29PM0.87m


	6:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:46	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	7:42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:43	—
mm	—	—	5	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	17	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	13	13	14	14	13
Feels °C	13	11	7	9	8	8	8	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	5	5	4	4	4	5	6	7	8
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 14	WSW 14	ENE 10	WSW 14	WSW 14	N 6	WSW 14	NE 10	ENE 10	NE 10	WSW 13	WSW 13	WSW 13	WSW 13	WSW 13	WSW 13	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11
kJ	594	494	64	487	585	30	714	46	38	48	6064	5428	4989	4134	3264	2329	1824	1426	1045	785	650	553	357
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 8	W 8	N 12	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	—	N 11	E 15	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	WSW 12
kJ	62	140	3	47	47	46	46	—	2	4	35	35	34	33	23	24	25	25	25	24	23	25	169
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 10	ENE 10	N 10	WSW 18	N 12	N 11	E 15	N 11	—	—	NE 10	NE 14	NE 14	NE 14	N 19	N 19	N 18	N 18	N 18	N 18	NE 13	N 17	NE 10
kJ	63	63	2	31	3	2	5	2	—	—	25	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	6	25
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNW 6	NNW 6	WNW 8	WNW 8	WNW 8	W 8	W 8	W 9	WSW 10	WSW 13	WSW 4	SSW 4	SW 4	SSW 4	S 4	SSE 4	SSE 5	SSE 5	SE 5	SE 6	SE 7	SE 8	ESE 7
kJ	145	333	1001	864	691	985	1086	1755	2644	5633	28	28	24	11	38	43	99	95	98	67	147	159	78
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Loisell's East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Great Exhibition Bay Northland	Bland Bay Northland	Okupe Beach Northland	Parengarenga Harbour Bar Northland	Okupe Beach Northland	Whangamata Estuary Coromandel	Orewa Beach Auckland	Wainui Bay Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Maketu Bar Bay of Plenty	Pataua Northland	Langs beach Northland	Langs beach Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Tom Bowling Bay Northland	Tom Bowling Bay Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	2	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3
Distance (km)	420	669	685	38	180	192	28	192	422	298	122	92	92	92	499	217	245	245	119	92	24	24	79
Best forecast wave conditions in Northland				Taupo Bay	Bland Bay	Okupe Beach	Taupo Bay	Ngunguru Bar			Takou Bay	Takou Bay	Taipa Bay	Taipa Bay		Pakiri beach	Langs beach	Forestry	The Ledge	Taipa Bay	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks	Moureeses	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House
Rating (10 max)				2	3	1	1	1			1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1	3	1	4
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Inner Cut Nelson - Tasman Bay	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating (10 max)	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Header Global	Ahijedero Mexico	Asu Indonesia	Dunmoran Strand Ireland	Asu Indonesia	Ahijedero Mexico	Fish Boma South Africa	Dolphin Point South Africa	Gerickes Point South Africa	Gerickes Point South Africa	Fish Boma South Africa	Sea Vista South Africa	Sea Vista South Africa	Tahai Chile	Afife Portugal	Hanga Poukura Chile	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Beach Road South Africa	Figueira da Foz - Buarcos Portugal	Balephuil (Tiree) United Kingdom	Ahijedero Mexico	Afife Portugal	Dunedin - Bobs Beach New Zealand
Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5

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