Tauranga Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.00° S 173.83° E

Tauranga Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 06 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tauranga Bay sea temperature is
15.8°C
0.1° 

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 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 7s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 7s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 7s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Tauranga Bay at 6AM is: 1.6m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 1.3m 7s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)7s
Afternoon (06 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)7s
Evening (06 Oct)4ft (1.2m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 16°C on Wed afternoon, min 12°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
E
7
1.6
E
7
1.3
E
7
1.4
ENE
7
1.3
ENE
7
1.3
ENE
7
1.1
ENE
7
1.2
E
7
1
E
7
1
E
7
1
E
7
0.9
NE
7
0.9
NE
8
1.2
ENE
8
1.3
ENE
9
1.2
ENE
10
1.1
ENE
10
1.1
ENE
9
1.2
ENE
9
1.2
ENE
9
1.2
ENE
9
1.2
ENE
9
1
ENE
9
1
ENE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
311
269
148
173
149
154
132
135
94
97
100
79
100
183
270
253
226
203
221
236
221
216
161
150
Wind (km/h)
25
ESE
20
ESE
15
SE
20
E
20
E
20
E
15
ESE
15
SE
10
SSE
10
S
5
SSW
0
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
20
WNW
10
SW
5
S
5
SSW
5
SSE
0
ENE
10
N
10
N
5
NNW
5
SE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
glassy
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
off
glassy
off
glassy
on
on
glassy
glassy
High Tide
4:28AM2.22m
5:11PM2.35m
5:37AM2.22m
6:11PM2.39m
6:40AM2.27m
7:06PM2.44m
Low Tide
10:13PM0.74m
10:38AM0.65m
11:20PM0.70m
11:44AM0.62m
00:21AM0.63m
12:44PM0.57m
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Temp °C
14
14
13
14
15
15
14
14
13
12
12
14
15
16
16
15
14
14
14
15
16
16
16
16
Feels °C
9
10
10
10
12
12
12
12
11
11
10
14
12
12
13
13
12
13
12
14
14
14
15
16
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