Tauranga Bay Surf Forecast

/ West Coast South Island (21 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (41.77° S 171.46° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Tauranga Bay surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 NZST

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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 12.8° 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 6PM is: 2.5m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.3m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 2.3m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	11ft (3.5m)	11s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	7ft (2.2m)	12s
Evening (18 Sep)	10ft (3.0m)	15s

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

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	Thursday 18					Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	2	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	3	4	4	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WNW	WNW	WSW	WSW	W	WSW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	WSW	NNW	NNW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	12	11	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	16	7	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	2873	2360	1600	1319	4517	4107	4089	4009	3341	3090	2621	2201	1684	1496	1111	936	698	536	454	333	174	90	653	1318
Wind (km/h)	W	W	WSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	S	SSE	WNW	NW	N	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NNE	NNE	NE	NNE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	8:00AM 2.43				8:22PM 2.59				8:51AM 2.56					9:09PM 2.72				9:33AM 2.68				9:48PM 2.82
Low Tide / height (m)			2:04PM 0.59				2:36AM 0.44				2:55PM 0.45					3:22AM 0.31				3:37PM 0.33				4:01AM 0.21

	Thursday 18					Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
Sunrise	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	3	3	3	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Temp. °C	12	12	12	11	11	10	9	8	9	10	11	11	10	9	11	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	13
Feels °C (?)	5	6	6	4	4	3	3	4	7	7	8	8	7	6	8	6	6	5	5	4	4	3	2	2

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for West Coast South Island

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Tauranga Bay (light winds from the S at WestportAeroAws 11 km from Tauranga Bay). A 2.4m groundswell from the WNW
1 hour 36 minutes ago Tauranga Bay

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1 h 36 min ago

19 km/h

Cross-Off

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