Tauranga Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.77° S 171.46° E

Tauranga Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 pm 10 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tauranga Bay sea temperature is
12.8°C
0.1° 

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 (11 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 18s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 18s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 16s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Tauranga Bay at 6AM is: 3.5m 18s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 10). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Sep)11ft (3.5m)18s
Afternoon (11 Sep)10ft (3.0m)18s
Evening (11 Sep)11ft (3.5m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very mild (max 12°C on Sun morning, min 7°C on Thu night). Mainly strong winds.

Friday
11
Saturday
12
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
5
6
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0
0
0
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3
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.3
WSW
19
2.5
WSW
19
3
WSW
19
3.5
WSW
18
3.5
WSW
18
3.5
WSW
18
3
WSW
18
3
WSW
17
3.5
WSW
16
3.5
WSW
16
3
W
16
3
W
16
3
W
16
2.5
WSW
16
2.5
WSW
16
2.5
WSW
16
2.5
WSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3773
4424
5834
8650
7665
7003
6065
5946
5808
6287
4061
4293
4585
3594
3619
3709
3296
Wind (km/h)
10
SE
5
SE
5
SE
5
SSE
5
SSW
5
WSW
10
SW
15
SSW
30
SSW
40
SW
35
SSW
35
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
Wind State
off
cross-off
off
glassy
cross
glassy
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
10:04PM3.04m
10:28AM2.95m
10:46PM3.09m
11:08AM2.99m
Low Tide
4:18AM-0.01m
4:35PM0.04m
4:59AM-0.05m
5:15PM0.01m
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:43
6:41
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:19
6:20
 mm
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
9
7
7
7
9
11
11
10
11
10
10
10
10
10
11
11
11
Feels °C
6
4
4
4
6
9
9
6
5
1
2
2
2
3
4
5
4
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