Tauranga Bay surf break

Tauranga Bay surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 15 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
17.6° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tauranga Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Tauranga Bay at 5AM is: 4.0m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)13ft (4.0m)10s
Afternoon (16 Apr)13ft (4.0m)11s
Evening (16 Apr)11ft (3.5m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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4
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
W
3
W
3.5
W
4
W
4
W
3.5
W
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.3
W
1.8
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
3.5
NW
2
W
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.2
WSW
2.3
W
Period(s) (?)11101010101111111112121212121313131381011111212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1412169724813000308130933385322628832759250123522032176417121109901799162210487777784321556
Wind
(km/h)
25
WNW
45
WSW
50
WSW
45
SW
45
SW
45
WSW
40
WSW
40
SW
30
SW
20
SW
15
SW
5
ESE
10
ENE
15
NE
25
NNW
25
NW
30
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
30
NW
25
NNW
20
N
5
WNW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crossoncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise----7:05-------7:05-------7:07---
Sunset-------6:00-------6:00------5:58-
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
thunderstorm
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
2422221111111126549126645
Temp. °C151413131313141413131312131415161616161616161514
Feels °C (?)105333355681011111111121111111212131512
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