Tauranga Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.00° S 173.83° E

Tauranga Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 pm 15 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Tauranga Bay sea temperature is
16.0°C
0.6° 

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 (16 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 13s period with NE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 12s period with NE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 12s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tauranga Bay at 6AM is: 0.3m 13s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)1ft (0.3m)13s
Afternoon (16 Sep)1ft (0.3m)12s
Evening (16 Sep)1ft (0.3m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 25mm), heaviest during Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 15°C on Wed afternoon, min 9°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SW on Wed morning, fresh winds from the NNW by Thu morning).

Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
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
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
NE
12
0.3
NE
11
0.3
NE
12
0.3
NE
13
0.3
NE
13
0.3
NE
12
0.3
NE
12
0.3
NE
12
0.3
NE
12
0.3
NE
12
0.3
NE
12
0.9
NNW
4
1.1
NNW
5
1.5
NNW
6
1.7
NNW
6
1.4
NNW
7
1.1
N
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
23
20
21
26
27
25
23
23
23
23
23
36
59
130
230
171
113
Wind (km/h)
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
25
NW
5
W
25
SSW
Wind State
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
High Tide
11:03PM2.49m
11:31AM2.49m
11:42PM2.40m
12:11PM2.40m
Low Tide
5:09AM0.53m
5:28PM0.70m
5:50AM0.64m
6:11PM0.82m
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:22
6:22
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:15
6:16
 mm
1
1
6
12
2
Temp °C
13
12
11
10
12
14
15
14
14
14
15
15
15
15
13
12
11
Feels °C
10
10
9
8
10
11
12
11
11
11
11
10
9
9
9
11
5
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