Tauranga Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 35.00° S 173.83° E

Issued: 11 am 27 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Tauranga Bay sea temperature is

16.3° C

Tauranga Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Tauranga Bay today (27 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 13s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 13s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 13s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tauranga Bay at 4PM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 27). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (27 Jul)	2ft (0.6m)	13s
Afternoon (27 Jul)	2ft (0.6m)	13s
Evening (27 Jul)	2.5ft (0.7m)	13s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 14°C on Tue afternoon, min 10°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.
	Mon 27					Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29
	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	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 13	E 12	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13
Wave Graph
kJ	117	113	127	176	176	173	176	176	176	176	176	178	178	232	232	225	225	225	225	222	218
Wind (km/h)	S	S	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	off	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide					6:46PM2.22m				6:48AM2.13m				7:31PM2.26m				7:35AM2.16m				8:13PM2.31m
Low Tide			12:16PM0.85m				00:42AM0.97m				1:05PM0.80m				1:28AM0.90m				1:48PM0.73m


	7:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:22	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	5:38	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:38	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:39	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	13	14	14	13	11	10	10	11	13	14	14	14
Feels °C	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	11	12	13	11	9	7	7	9	10	11	11	11
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 13	E 12	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13
kJ	117	113	127	176	176	173	176	176	176	176	176	178	178	232	232	225	225	225	225	222	218
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 5	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	SE 6	—	SE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9
kJ	21	17	17	36	33	16	15	15	—	7	5	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 7	NW 6	NNW 6	NW 6	NW 6	—	—	—	—	N 11	N 10	N 10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	NE 13
kJ	7	7	4	2	1	—	—	—	—	2	2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	S 2	—	—	SE 6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	NE 3	NE 3
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	60	60	60	60
Best forecast wave conditions in Northland	Moureeses	Fairway Reef	The Ledge	The Ledge	The Ledge	Moureeses	Moureeses	Moureeses	Moureeses	Moureeses	Moureeses	Moureeses	The Ledge	Moureeses	Moureeses	Moureeses	Moureeses	The Box	The Box	Herangi Beach	Twilight Beach
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Raglan-Whale Bay Raglan and West Waikato	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Stent Road Taranaki	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	9	5	5	5	7	5

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