Tauranga Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.77° S 171.46° E

Tauranga Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 03 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tauranga Bay sea temperature is
13.0°C
0.3° 

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


How big are the waves at Tauranga Bay today (03 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 10s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 14s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Tauranga Bay at 11PM is: 2.3m 14s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Sep)--
Afternoon (03 Sep)6ft (1.9m)10s
Evening (03 Sep)7ft (2.2m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 62mm), heaviest during Thu night. Very mild (max 14°C on Thu night, min 11°C on Fri afternoon). Mainly strong winds.

Thu
3
Friday
4
Saturday
5
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)
3
4
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
W
10
2.2
W
14
2.2
W
14
2.3
W
14
1.9
WSW
16
1.8
WSW
16
4
WNW
9
4.5
W
10
4.5
W
10
4.5
W
10
4.5
W
11
4.5
W
12
4.5
W
14
4
W
14
4
W
14
4
W
14
4
W
14
3.5
W
15
4
W
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
759
1972
1945
2092
1752
1557
2635
3484
3674
4325
4839
5977
6922
6783
6330
6188
5969
5918
7073
Wind (km/h)
15
NE
15
NE
20
NE
20
N
40
NNW
50
NW
40
WSW
35
WSW
40
W
40
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
SW
15
WSW
15
W
20
W
30
W
20
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
High Tide
3:02AM2.53m
3:33PM2.46m
4:11AM2.39m
4:49PM2.38m
Low Tide
8:50PM0.49m
9:20AM0.57m
9:54PM0.61m
10:30AM0.69m
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
mod rain
mod rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:54
6:52
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:09
6:10
6:12
 mm
2
1
1
5
6
10
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
Temp °C
13
13
12
13
14
14
12
12
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
12
12
12
Feels °C
10
11
9
10
7
6
4
4
2
2
2
3
4
5
7
8
7
6
8
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Tauranga Bay surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest