Tauranga Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 21 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
20.4° C
(Which is 1.3°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 8AM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Afternoon (21 Apr)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (21 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)8s

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


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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
2
1
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.7
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
1.4
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.9
ESE
1.2
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.7
ESE
Period(s) (?)777888881111111111111111117778777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)60515158948183678211612311611211219119819819184591051206654
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
5
SSW
5
S
5
SW
10
WSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
15
SSW
15
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:55AM
2.58
11:28PM
2.67
11:48AM
2.51
12:21AM
2.58
12:44PM
2.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:36AM
0.50
4:59PM
0.35
5:32AM
0.54
5:53PM
0.42
6:29AM
0.59
6:51PM
0.50
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise--6:52-------6:52-------6:54-----
Sunset----5:52-------5:52-------5:51---
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----11------------------
Temp. °C141415171715141412111215161512121211111415141312
Feels °C (?)13131417151312119881112118886691110109
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