Tauranga Bay surf break

Tauranga Bay surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 22 Apr 2026 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
16.9° C
(Which is 1.2°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 2PM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 22). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Afternoon (22 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (22 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)141413131212121218181616161514141414131313131816
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1201101019987858687103156137337259237215341269261229173173173322437
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSE
20
SE
10
SSW
10
S
15
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
0
NNW
5
WSW
5
SSE
5
ESE
10
E
10
ESE
10
SE
5
ESE
5
W
20
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffglassglassglassoffoffoffcross-
off
glassglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:17PM
2.66
2:44AM
2.66
3:22PM
2.48
3:53AM
2.53
4:37PM
2.36
5:09AM
2.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:04AM
0.27
8:30PM
0.44
9:07AM
0.43
9:35PM
0.60
10:18AM
0.56
10:47PM
0.68
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunrise7:11-------7:13-------7:13-------
Sunset--5:52-------5:51-------5:49-----
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C11131414121010910121313121212121112131212111111
Feels °C (?)37101076756101011101010101011989999
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