Tauranga Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.77° S 171.46° E

Tauranga Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 pm 09 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tauranga Bay sea temperature is
12.9°C
0.2° 

Tauranga Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Tauranga Bay today (10 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 16s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 20s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Sep, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 19s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Tauranga Bay at 5AM is: 0.9m 17s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.2m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Sep)5ft (1.5m)16s
Afternoon (10 Sep)11ft (3.5m)20s
Evening (10 Sep)7.5ft (2.3m)19s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Thu morning. Very mild (max 11°C on Wed night, min 7°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed night, strong winds from the SW by Fri night).

Thursday
10
Friday
11
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
1
0
0
0
3
5
6
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Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
WSW
11
1.3
WSW
11
1.2
W
10
0.9
WSW
16
1.5
WSW
16
2.5
WSW
16
3.5
WSW
20
2.1
WSW
19
2.3
WSW
19
2.5
WSW
19
3
WSW
19
3.5
WSW
18
3.5
WSW
18
3.5
WSW
18
3.5
WSW
18
3.5
WSW
17
3.5
WSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
400
392
320
380
1109
3412
8067
3279
3773
4771
6234
8650
7665
7003
6533
6688
6155
Wind (km/h)
5
ESE
0
SE
10
W
15
NW
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
SW
25
SW
10
ESE
5
SE
5
ESE
5
SSE
15
SW
20
WSW
20
SSW
20
SW
30
SSW
Wind State
glassy
glassy
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
off
cross-off
off
glassy
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
9:19PM2.91m
9:46AM2.86m
10:04PM3.04m
10:28AM2.95m
Low Tide
3:34AM0.10m
3:52PM0.13m
4:18AM-0.01m
4:35PM0.04m
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:45
6:43
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:17
6:19
 mm
1
1
6
1
1
1
Temp °C
10
10
11
11
11
11
11
11
9
8
7
7
10
10
11
11
11
Feels °C
9
9
9
7
3
2
2
5
6
5
4
4
6
6
6
7
4
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