Tauranga Bay surf break

Tauranga Bay surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 12 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
18.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tauranga Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Tauranga Bay at 7PM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Feb)2ft (0.6m)11s
Afternoon (12 Feb)2ft (0.6m)11s
Evening (12 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
WSW
1.3
N
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
1.2
W
1
WNW
1.5
W
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.8
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.3
WSW
Period(s) (?)1111111114131312612126871010912161515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)959595957115112989119605089151218694591391843279422641974189520411984
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
20
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
NE
30
NNE
35
NNE
15
NNW
15
WSW
30
SW
30
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
40
SW
40
SW
35
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
15
S
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:30AM
2.11
8:08PM
2.10
8:40AM
2.19
9:11PM
2.22
9:35AM
2.34
10:00PM
2.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:50PM
0.98
2:21AM
0.95
2:56PM
0.87
3:20AM
0.82
3:49PM
0.71
4:08AM
0.65
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Sunrise-------6:52-------6:54-------6:54
Sunset---8:43-------8:42-------8:40----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------125713------------
Temp. °C181919191818181919191815151515141616161615151413
Feels °C (?)181919171717161515191711981081088109111111
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