Tauranga Bay surf break

Tauranga Bay surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Friday 10 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
17.4° 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 7AM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (11 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Evening (11 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)12s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
2
2
2
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
0
1
2
3
2
2
3
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.4
NW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
1
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
1.2
W
1.3
W
1.5
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.7
W
1.9
W
1.6
W
Period(s) (?)11101010101391312121212121212121111111111101216
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)415377255205163908257777610828214416937343856361859958857763311001273
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
5
SE
10
E
5
SE
5
ESE
5
SW
10
SW
5
SSE
5
ESE
5
E
5
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
10
SSW
5
E
20
ENE
25
NE
10
WNW
5
WSW
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffglassoffglasscrossglassoffoffoffoffoffcrosscrosscrosscrosscrossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:02AM
2.13
5:44PM
2.09
6:14AM
2.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:42PM
0.99
11:25AM
0.93
11:54PM
0.94
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise----7:00-------7:01-------7:01---
Sunset-------6:08-------6:07-------6:06
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------4111-----1362
Temp. °C141313131418171715151414151717171615141516161615
Feels °C (?)131111111216141513131212141715141213131212151514
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