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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 Tuesday 25 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
15.8° C
 (Which is 1.1°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 12PM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 25). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 17s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Afternoon (25 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Evening (25 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Fri
28
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
0
0
0
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1
2
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.5
WSW
2.5
NNW
3
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.2
NNW
2
NNW
1.4
NW
1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
2.1
NNW
1.8
NW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
Period(s) (?)1211111111111111111188988888878888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)355285285234193193140107107697851134932683525279134165136408385343331331
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
10
ESE
10
NNE
15
N
25
NNE
25
NNE
30
NNE
30
NE
35
NE
45
NNE
45
NNE
30
N
20
NNW
15
N
10
NE
15
NE
20
NE
30
NNE
35
NNE
30
N
20
N
10
NNW
15
NE
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoffcrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:10AM
2.45
2:29PM
2.49
2:54AM
2.37
3:15PM
2.42
3:44AM
2.30
4:07PM
2.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:20AM
0.62
8:47PM
0.61
9:05AM
0.68
9:36PM
0.66
9:55AM
0.73
10:30PM
0.67
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Fri
28
Sunrise-5:56-------5:56-------5:56------
Sunset-----8:44-------8:45-------8:46--
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light rain
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light rain
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131316161717181717171717181717161717171817171717
Feels °C (?)121114131213131212111113171616151513121515181716
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