Tauranga Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.00° S 173.83° E

Tauranga Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 24 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tauranga Bay sea temperature is
17.1°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 (25 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 8s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 13s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 12s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Tauranga Bay at 1AM is: 0.2m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Afternoon (25 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)13s
Evening (25 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Sun morning, min 14°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SW on Sat night, fresh winds from the NW by Tue morning).

Sat
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
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
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
ENE
9
0.2
ENE
9
0.6
WNW
4
0.2
ENE
8
0.2
ENE
8
0.2
ENE
8
0.2
ENE
8
0.2
E
13
0.2
E
13
0.2
E
12
0.2
E
12
0.2
E
12
0.3
E
12
0.3
E
12
0.3
E
12
0.2
E
12
0.2
E
11
0.7
NNW
4
0.7
N
4
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
8
7
9
7
7
7
7
14
13
12
12
11
25
25
24
10
10
16
17
Wind (km/h)
20
NW
20
NW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SW
10
WNW
20
NNW
25
NW
20
WNW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
SW
10
NW
20
NNW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
7:22PM2.34m
7:53AM2.30m
8:10PM2.42m
8:42AM2.42m
8:57PM2.50m
Low Tide
1:05PM0.80m
1:31AM0.66m
1:53PM0.72m
2:18AM0.55m
2:39PM0.64m
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Temp °C
16
16
15
14
15
15
17
17
17
17
16
15
14
14
16
17
17
17
16
Feels °C
12
12
13
12
13
13
14
12
11
13
13
13
12
12
14
13
13
13
13
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