Tauranga Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.00° S 173.83° E

Tauranga Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 13 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tauranga Bay sea temperature is
16.7°C
0.9° 

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 (13 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tauranga Bay at 11AM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Oct)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (13 Oct)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (13 Oct)2ft (0.6m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Thu morning. Warm (max 20°C on Tue afternoon, min 13°C on Thu afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Tue night, strong winds from the NW by Thu morning).

Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
ENE
9
0.6
ENE
8
0.6
ENE
8
0.6
ENE
8
0.5
ENE
9
0.6
ENE
9
0.6
ENE
9
0.6
ENE
9
0.6
ENE
9
0.6
ENE
9
0.6
ENE
9
0.6
ENE
9
0.6
ENE
10
0.6
ENE
10
0.6
ENE
10
0.6
ENE
10
0.6
ENE
10
1.3
NNW
6
1.5
NNW
6
1.6
NNW
6
0.8
NW
7
1
N
6
0.5
NE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
50
47
47
48
45
55
56
58
58
58
56
56
60
61
63
63
63
100
151
216
67
84
45
Wind (km/h)
10
W
10
W
15
WNW
20
NW
25
NW
20
WNW
15
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
20
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
35
NNW
40
NW
20
WSW
25
W
30
W
35
W
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
10:42AM2.53m
10:50PM2.43m
11:23AM2.50m
11:29PM2.37m
12:01PM2.44m
Low Tide
4:17AM0.43m
4:35PM0.57m
4:57AM0.48m
5:17PM0.65m
5:36AM0.56m
5:59PM0.73m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:46
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:43
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:43
—
—
—
—
—
—
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
—
—
—
—
—
7:36
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:37
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:37
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
2
5
5
—
—
Temp °C
15
15
17
18
20
19
16
16
15
15
17
18
18
17
17
17
17
17
18
14
13
15
13
Feels °C
14
14
15
15
16
16
15
15
14
14
15
16
16
15
16
14
14
12
12
11
9
8
5
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Tauranga Bay surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest