Tauranga Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.77° S 171.46° E

Tauranga Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tauranga Bay sea temperature is
14.0°C
1.0° 

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 (09 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 16s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 15s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Tauranga Bay at 2AM is: 2.2m 17s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Oct)7ft (2.1m)16s
Afternoon (09 Oct)6ft (1.9m)15s
Evening (09 Oct)5ft (1.6m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Sat morning, min 12°C on Thu afternoon). Winds increasing (calm on Thu afternoon, fresh winds from the NNE by Sat afternoon).

Thu
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
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
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
3
1
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
WSW
14
1.6
WSW
14
1.6
WSW
14
2.2
WSW
17
2.2
WSW
16
2.1
WSW
16
2.1
WSW
16
2
WSW
15
1.8
WSW
15
1.7
WSW
15
1.6
WSW
15
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
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1121
994
1091
2641
2458
2160
2054
1795
1422
1240
1035
898
962
1014
950
950
817
654
645
Wind (km/h)
10
WNW
5
W
5
S
10
S
10
SE
5
E
5
NNE
10
NW
5
W
10
S
10
S
5
ESE
10
ENE
5
E
10
NE
10
NNE
25
NNE
35
NNE
25
NE
Wind State
on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
glassy
cross-on
on
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
9:59PM2.85m
10:24AM2.81m
10:41PM2.93m
11:04AM2.89m
Low Tide
4:12AM0.16m
4:30PM0.19m
4:54AM0.08m
5:11PM0.12m
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cloud
cloud
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clear
clear
clear
clear
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part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
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Temp °C
13
12
13
13
13
14
15
15
14
15
15
15
15
16
17
17
15
15
13
Feels °C
10
11
12
11
11
13
13
12
13
13
13
13
13
14
15
15
11
9
9
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