Tauranga Bay surf break

Tauranga Bay surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 12 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
15.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Tauranga Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Tauranga Bay at 8AM is: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 12). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Nov)4ft (1.2m)12s
Afternoon (12 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Evening (12 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
12
Thursday
13
Friday
14
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
3
2
2
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
WSW
1.3
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.4
W
1.5
W
1.5
WSW
1.6
W
0.8
WSW
1.8
W
1.9
W
1.9
W
Period(s) (?)981212121111111111121212121111888816161414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)442217169258415394387314303240288186236228213221227286286360346156515251463
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
10
SE
10
SE
5
ESE
5
W
15
W
5
WSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
10
S
15
SSW
25
SSW
30
SW
25
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
S
10
SSW
10
SW
15
WSW
10
W
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossoffoffglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:43AM
2.39
5:12PM
2.47
5:55AM
2.31
6:23PM
2.41
7:03AM
2.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:26PM
0.50
10:52AM
0.65
11:35PM
0.61
12:01PM
0.72
12:43AM
0.64
1:08PM
0.72
Wednesday
12
Thursday
13
Friday
14
Sunrise---6:07-------6:07-------6:05----
Sunset-------8:28-------8:30-------8:30
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------2821-------
Temp. °C131212131515151514141414151413131413131214141415
Feels °C (?)8109121412141210121110101011111110111012101113
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