Tauranga Bay surf break

Tauranga Bay surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 29 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
15.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Tauranga Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Tauranga Bay at 5AM is: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Nov)6ft (1.9m)11s
Afternoon (29 Nov)6ft (1.8m)11s
Evening (29 Nov)6ft (1.8m)12s

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

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Saturday
29
Sunday
30
Monday
01
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
3
2
2
3
3
4
4
4
3
2
1
0
0
!
0
!
!
!
3
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
WNW
1.8
W
1.9
W
1.9
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.8
W
1.8
W
1.9
W
2
W
2.2
W
2.3
W
2.2
W
2
W
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
3
WNW
3.5
W
3
WNW
3.5
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.2
W
2.1
W
Period(s) (?)91011111111111112131414141413131012121212111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5796488108568727697717851100135519222125189414871058823204936722302357823771546970780
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
15
SSW
20
SW
10
S
15
SW
10
WSW
10
W
5
WNW
5
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
30
NE
45
NE
50
NNE
25
WNW
15
W
20
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
W
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:45AM
2.30
6:09PM
2.43
6:49AM
2.38
7:12PM
2.53
7:49AM
2.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:30PM
0.63
11:53AM
0.71
12:31AM
0.55
12:56PM
0.62
1:31AM
0.44
1:57PM
0.48
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
Monday
01
Sunrise---5:54-------5:54-------5:54----
Sunset-------8:49-------8:50-------8:51
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------3541-------
Temp. °C141413131515151615131314161516161514141314151515
Feels °C (?)111191112121315141110111088121310111011121313
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