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Tauranga Bay surf break

Tauranga Bay surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 22 Nov 2025 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
15.4° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Tauranga Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Tauranga Bay at 12AM is: 1.5m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Nov)5ft (1.5m)13s
Afternoon (23 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Evening (23 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1
WSW
1.4
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
Period(s) (?)141414141413131111131312121212121212121212111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9808508388267586237323224601134215393387644530265530265260392301285280234
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
5
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
25
SW
30
SW
35
SW
35
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
15
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
SSE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
SE
0
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		glassglasscross-
off		glasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:51AM
2.60
1:09PM
2.63
1:29AM
2.53
1:48PM
2.57
2:10AM
2.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:01AM
0.48
7:23PM
0.49
7:39AM
0.55
8:03PM
0.55
8:20AM
0.62
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Sunrise-----5:58-------5:58-------5:56--
Sunset-8:40-------8:42-------8:43------
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151515141413141414141312111114141413121212131615
Feels °C (?)1515151312109877777711111111111110111513
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