Tauranga Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.77° S 171.46° E

Tauranga Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 10 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tauranga Bay sea temperature is
14.1°C
1.1° 

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 (10 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 16s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 16s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 16s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Tauranga Bay at 5AM is: 1.5m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)16s
Afternoon (10 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)16s
Evening (10 Oct)4ft (1.2m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 18°C on Sat morning, min 13°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNE on Sat afternoon, calm by Sun night).

Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
3
3
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
WSW
15
1.5
WSW
15
1.5
WSW
15
1.4
WSW
16
1.4
WSW
16
1.3
WSW
16
1.2
WSW
16
1.2
WSW
16
1.2
WSW
15
1.1
WSW
15
1
WSW
15
1
WSW
15
0.9
WSW
15
0.9
WSW
15
0.9
WSW
14
0.9
WSW
14
0.9
WSW
14
0.7
WSW
14
0.7
WSW
13
0.5
W
18
0.5
W
18
0.5
W
18
0.6
WSW
17
1.1
WSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
898
962
1014
950
950
817
654
645
604
498
474
487
392
376
366
293
289
195
187
169
162
162
237
669
Wind (km/h)
5
ESE
5
E
5
E
10
ENE
10
NNE
20
NNE
30
NNE
25
NNE
20
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
N
5
NNE
5
E
5
SE
5
SE
5
E
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
0
E
Wind State
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
glassy
glassy
off
off
glassy
glassy
cross-on
glassy
glassy
High Tide
10:41PM2.93m
11:04AM2.89m
11:20PM2.96m
11:41AM2.92m
11:57PM2.94m
12:16PM2.90m
Low Tide
4:54AM0.08m
5:11PM0.12m
5:32AM0.07m
5:49PM0.12m
6:09AM0.11m
6:27PM0.16m
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
15
15
15
17
18
15
15
14
14
14
14
14
15
15
14
14
13
13
13
14
15
15
15
14
Feels °C
13
14
13
15
16
11
9
10
10
11
11
11
12
14
14
14
12
12
12
13
14
14
15
14
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