Tauranga Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.77° S 171.46° E

Tauranga Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 03 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tauranga Bay sea temperature is
12.2°C
0.8° 

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 (03 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 11s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 9s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 14s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Tauranga Bay at 3PM is: 1.6m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 0.8m 14s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Afternoon (03 Oct)5ft (1.6m)9s
Evening (03 Oct)5ft (1.5m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Sat morning. Very mild (max 13°C on Sat morning, min 9°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
3
Sunday
4
Monday
5
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)
2
1
0
3
3
4
4
4
3
1
0
1
1
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
W
10
1.7
W
10
1.6
W
9
1.1
WSW
14
1.5
WSW
14
1.6
WSW
14
1.7
WSW
14
1.7
WSW
14
1.7
WSW
14
1.6
WSW
14
1.6
WSW
14
1.5
WSW
14
1.5
WSW
13
1.4
WSW
13
1.4
WSW
13
1.3
WSW
13
1.3
WSW
13
1.3
WSW
13
1.2
WSW
13
1.2
WSW
13
1.3
WSW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
633
592
408
446
943
1061
1171
1122
1059
893
893
790
817
673
663
569
530
530
454
461
580
Wind (km/h)
15
SW
20
SW
25
SW
10
WSW
10
NNE
10
NNW
5
WSW
5
S
5
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
S
5
SW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
4:24PM2.49m
5:07AM2.36m
5:43PM2.41m
6:31AM2.33m
7:05PM2.45m
Low Tide
10:09AM0.60m
10:48PM0.59m
11:22AM0.71m
00:08AM0.64m
12:41PM0.71m
light rain
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:05
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:03
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:01
—
—
—
—
—
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
—
—
—
7:40
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:42
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:43
—
 mm
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Temp °C
12
13
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
12
12
11
11
10
9
9
10
10
10
11
10
Feels °C
10
10
6
9
9
9
10
10
9
8
7
5
6
7
6
6
9
7
6
8
7
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Tauranga Bay surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest