Tauranga Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.77° S 171.46° E

Tauranga Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 pm 10 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tauranga Bay sea temperature is
13.2° C
0.5° 

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 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 20s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 19s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 18s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Tauranga Bay at 7AM is: 1.0m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm August 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Aug)2ft (0.6m)20s
Afternoon (11 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)19s
Evening (11 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)18s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 16mm), heaviest on Wed night. Very mild (max 14°C on Thu morning, min 9°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, fresh winds from the NE by Wed night).

Tuesday
11
Wednesday
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)
3
3
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
3
2
2
1
1
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
WSW
14
1.1
WSW
13
1.1
WSW
13
1
WSW
13
0.6
WSW
20
0.7
WSW
19
0.7
WSW
19
0.6
WSW
18
0.7
WSW
18
0.9
WSW
17
0.8
WSW
17
0.7
WSW
16
0.7
WSW
16
0.9
NW
12
2.4
NNW
11
2.3
NNW
10
2.5
NNW
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
580
458
444
367
298
383
363
251
322
505
367
269
263
223
1415
959
1137
Wind (km/h)
10
S
5
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
N
10
NE
5
E
10
ENE
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
15
NE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
Wind State
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
8:37PM2.74m
9:10AM2.74m
9:32PM2.92m
10:02AM2.88m
Low Tide
2:54AM0.27m
3:18PM0.27m
3:49AM0.10m
4:09PM0.12m
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:31
7:30
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:46
5:47
 mm
2
2
1
Temp °C
11
10
9
9
9
12
12
12
11
11
11
10
10
12
11
11
11
Feels °C
9
8
6
6
6
9
9
10
10
8
7
6
6
8
7
6
6
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