Tauranga Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.00° S 173.83° E

Tauranga Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 06 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tauranga Bay sea temperature is
16.1°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 (06 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 4s period with NW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 5s period with NNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Tauranga Bay at 11PM is: 1.2m 5s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 06). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 18s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)--
Afternoon (06 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)4s
Evening (06 Sep)3ft (0.9m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Mon morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Sun afternoon, min 13°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NW on Sun night, calm by Tue night).

Sun
6
Monday
7
Tuesday
8
3 PM
6 PM
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)
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
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
NW
4
0.8
NNW
4
0.9
NNW
5
1.3
NNW
5
1.5
NNW
6
2
NNW
6
1.9
NNW
8
1.6
NNW
8
1.5
NNW
8
1.6
NW
8
1.6
NW
8
1.2
NNW
8
1
NNW
8
0.9
NNW
8
0.6
N
8
0.6
NNW
8
0.5
N
7
0.4
NNW
7
0.4
N
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
16
24
39
83
139
303
393
310
267
306
299
188
128
94
42
44
23
15
14
Wind (km/h)
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
30
NW
35
NNW
40
NW
30
WNW
30
W
30
WNW
30
W
30
WNW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
5
SW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
3:17PM2.33m
3:36AM2.27m
4:25PM2.34m
4:46AM2.27m
5:30PM2.40m
Low Tide
9:22PM0.82m
9:51AM0.67m
10:31PM0.78m
10:58AM0.62m
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light rain
mod rain
clear
clear
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cloud
cloud
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cloud
cloud
cloud
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:35
6:35
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:08
6:08
6:09
 mm
1
3
7
1
Temp °C
16
16
16
16
16
16
14
16
15
14
13
13
13
13
13
14
15
14
13
Feels °C
12
12
12
11
11
9
9
11
10
9
7
7
8
9
8
10
11
10
11
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