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Tauranga Bay surf break

Tauranga Bay surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 12 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
18.4° C
 (Which is 1.1°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 9AM is: 2.4m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.7m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 12). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)8ft (2.4m)11s
Afternoon (12 Jan)6ft (1.9m)12s
Evening (12 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
!
1
1
1
1
1
2
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.4
WNW
1.8
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
1.4
W
2
W
2
W
1.9
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.3
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
1
WSW
1
WSW
Period(s) (?)1211111212121211111010101010101099101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)27492015126293911381047517953898766590590402333284319217217221196200196205197
Wind
(km/h)
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
15
SW
25
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
15
SSW
20
SW
15
SSW
10
S
5
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:10AM
2.22
6:36PM
2.19
7:12AM
2.19
7:41PM
2.17
8:14AM
2.21
8:42PM
2.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:23PM
0.86
12:53AM
0.85
1:26PM
0.90
1:55AM
0.87
2:28PM
0.87
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
Sunrise-6:13-------6:13-------6:15------
Sunset-----9:09-------9:09-------9:08--
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------1-------
Temp. °C151516161615141312121515151515141514151616161615
Feels °C (?)991099888910111010912111312141412121313
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