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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 10 Jan 2026 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
18.6° C
 (Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tauranga Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Tauranga Bay at 8PM is: 1.1m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.2m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)--
Afternoon (10 Jan)4ft (1.2m)15s
Evening (10 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
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)
2
2
3
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
0
0
0
1
1
3
3
3
2
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.7
W
1.4
WSW
1.4
WNW
1.7
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.1
WSW
2.2
WSW
2
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.9
W
2.1
W
1.4
WNW
1.8
W
1.7
W
Period(s) (?)15141414999911111111111110121212111111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6395361175742293449820120824003325410737312726212412411268138411001083878972436648578
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNE
25
NNE
30
NNE
25
N
30
NNE
35
N
30
N
30
NW
45
NW
40
W
35
SW
35
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SSW
15
S
15
S
10
SSE
10
SW
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:43PM
2.44
5:13AM
2.31
5:36PM
2.29
6:10AM
2.22
6:36PM
2.19
7:12AM
2.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:01PM
0.63
11:24AM
0.76
11:55PM
0.76
12:23PM
0.86
12:53AM
0.85
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise-----6:11-------6:13-------6:13--
Sunset-9:10-------9:09-------9:09------
part cloud
clear
rain showers
clear
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
--1-1122121281-----------
Temp. °C181818181818181819191916151516161615141413121516
Feels °C (?)1818181615151414151613988999881010101312
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