Tauranga Bay surf break

Tauranga Bay surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 01 Mar 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
18.2° C
(Which is 1.0°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 3AM is: 2.0m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 01). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Mar)6ft (1.9m)10s
Afternoon (02 Mar)5ft (1.5m)10s
Evening (02 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)11s

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


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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
3
3
3
3
1
0
0
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
2
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.9
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
W
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
Period(s) (?)127881011101010111111111111111111112020181818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)633210362528810891689510396372334270226170170170167133148377507552808799
Wind
(km/h)
35
SW
30
SW
25
SSW
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
20
SSW
25
SW
25
SSW
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
E
15
W
15
WSW
20
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
10
E
10
ENE
10
NE
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffcrosscross-
on
crossoffoffoffoffoffcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:30PM
2.71
10:49AM
2.89
11:14PM
2.83
11:31AM
3.00
11:54PM
2.91
12:10PM
3.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:35AM
0.29
5:03PM
0.13
5:20AM
0.16
5:45PM
0.04
6:00AM
0.09
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Sunrise------7:13-------7:15-------7:16-
Sunset-8:19-------8:16-------8:15------
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-11---------------------
Temp. °C16151412101012151515131110911131414131211111314
Feels °C (?)1098866898887658999109981113
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