Tauranga Bay surf break

Tauranga Bay surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 09 Feb 2026 NZDT
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Tauranga Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tauranga Bay sea temperature is
19.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Tauranga Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Tauranga Bay at 12AM is: 1.2m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Feb)--
Afternoon (10 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Evening (10 Feb)4ft (1.2m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
Period(s) (?)121211111111111111111111111111111111111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)429361349343285217214173173138138126959712816116195959593959595
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
SE
5
W
15
W
10
WSW
10
SW
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
SW
25
SW
20
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
10
SSE
5
SSE
10
E
5
N
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:39PM
2.27
5:08AM
2.21
5:38PM
2.13
6:14AM
2.11
6:51PM
2.07
7:30AM
2.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:57PM
0.81
11:26AM
0.90
11:56PM
0.95
12:34PM
0.99
1:08AM
1.00
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Sunrise-----6:48-------6:50-------6:52--
Sunset-8:46-------8:45-------8:45------
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161615141414161617171716161618181818181817171919
Feels °C (?)111211121212151315161615151517141618191817161918
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