Tauranga Bay surf break

Tauranga Bay surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 15 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
19.7° C
(Which is 1.5°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 7AM is: 1.6m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.7m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Feb)5ft (1.6m)14s
Afternoon (15 Feb)7ft (2.2m)13s
Evening (15 Feb)6.5ft (2.0m)13s

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

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Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
4
4
4
2
1
1
3
3
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.3
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
Period(s) (?)151414141413131313121212121111111111111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)19481895204193986115921649142312361033872833805737597586521379328308260265265222
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSW
25
SSW
10
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
20
SSE
15
SE
10
SSE
20
S
15
S
20
SSE
15
S
15
SSE
5
SE
5
E
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
N
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:00PM
2.37
10:20AM
2.51
10:42PM
2.53
10:59AM
2.69
11:21PM
2.68
11:36AM
2.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:08AM
0.65
4:33PM
0.53
4:49AM
0.48
5:12PM
0.35
5:26AM
0.32
5:49PM
0.19
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Sunrise---6:54-------6:56-------6:58----
Sunset-------8:38-------8:37-------8:37
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------11-----------
Temp. °C161413131620201917171512131919181515151416171818
Feels °C (?)1110119131514131211109101415141112141314161717
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