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Tauranga Bay surf break

Tauranga Bay surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 23 Nov 2025 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
15.4° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Tauranga Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Tauranga Bay at 12PM is: 1.1m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 1.3m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Nov)5ft (1.5m)13s
Afternoon (23 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Evening (23 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wed
26
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
Period(s) (?)141313111113131212121212121212121211111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7586537323725501134215393387322317265260317265242301285234234193176140107
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
15
SSW
25
SW
30
SW
35
SW
40
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
15
SSW
10
SW
5
NW
10
WNW
5
WSW
5
SE
5
SE
5
SE
5
ESE
5
NNW
15
N
25
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
on		glassoncross-
on		glassglassglassoffcross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:09PM
2.63
1:29AM
2.53
1:48PM
2.57
2:10AM
2.45
2:29PM
2.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:01AM
0.48
7:23PM
0.49
7:39AM
0.55
8:03PM
0.55
8:20AM
0.62
8:47PM
0.61
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wed
26
Sunrise-5:58-------5:58-------5:56------
Sunset-----8:42-------8:43-------8:44--
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------------------11
Temp. °C141314141414131211111414141413131313151618171717
Feels °C (?)1211986676781213121312121111131314141414
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