Tauranga Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.00° S 173.83° E

Tauranga Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tauranga Bay sea temperature is
16.0°C
0.7° 

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):

  • 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 11PM is: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)--
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

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Very mild (max 17°C on Sat afternoon, min 13°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat night, fresh winds from the NW by Sun night).

Sat
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
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
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
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
0.7
NW
4
0.7
NW
4
0.9
NNW
5
1.3
NNW
5
1.5
NNW
6
1.8
NNW
6
2.3
NW
7
1.6
NNW
7
1.5
NNW
7
1.4
NNW
8
1.9
NNW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
29
22
19
19
19
18
18
17
16
18
39
83
139
233
508
272
249
231
458
Wind (km/h)
20
W
15
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
40
NW
30
NW
25
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
15
W
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
2:09PM2.36m
2:31AM2.31m
3:17PM2.33m
3:36AM2.27m
4:25PM2.34m
Low Tide
8:15PM0.81m
8:44AM0.67m
9:22PM0.82m
9:51AM0.67m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
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
2
2
1
1
Temp °C
17
14
13
13
14
13
14
15
15
15
16
16
16
16
15
15
15
15
13
Feels °C
13
11
11
11
11
10
10
11
11
11
12
11
11
10
10
11
13
12
10
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