Tauranga Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.00° S 173.83° E

Tauranga Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tauranga Bay sea temperature is
15.8°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 (05 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with NE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 11s period with NE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tauranga Bay at 11AM is: 0.2m 11s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction, 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (05 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Evening (05 Sep)1ft (0.3m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Mon morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Sat afternoon, min 13°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Sat morning, fresh winds from the NNW by Sun night).

Saturday
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
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
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
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
NE
10
0.4
NE
10
0.4
NE
10
0.2
ENE
11
0.4
NE
11
0.3
ENE
10
0.3
ENE
10
0.3
ENE
10
0.3
ENE
10
0.3
ENE
10
0.3
ENE
10
0.3
ENE
9
0.3
ENE
9
0.7
NNW
4
0.9
NNW
4
1.3
NNW
5
1.3
NNW
6
1.7
NNW
6
2
NNW
7
1.6
NNW
7
1.6
NNW
8
1.7
NNW
8
1.7
NNW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
24
24
25
12
29
22
19
19
19
18
18
17
16
16
32
80
107
187
353
272
270
366
357
Wind (km/h)
10
SW
5
WSW
5
WSW
15
WNW
15
W
15
SW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
W
10
NW
15
NW
20
NW
25
NW
20
NW
25
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
30
WNW
30
NW
25
W
20
W
15
WNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
1:33AM2.38m
2:09PM2.36m
2:31AM2.31m
3:17PM2.33m
3:36AM2.27m
4:25PM2.34m
Low Tide
7:42AM0.65m
8:15PM0.81m
8:44AM0.67m
9:22PM0.82m
9:51AM0.67m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:39
6:37
6:35
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:07
6:08
6:08
 mm
1
4
4
2
Temp °C
11
11
13
16
17
14
13
13
14
13
14
15
15
15
16
16
16
16
13
16
17
15
13
Feels °C
9
10
12
13
13
11
11
11
12
10
11
11
11
11
12
12
11
10
8
11
13
12
11
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