Tauranga Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.00° S 173.83° E

Tauranga Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 05 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tauranga Bay sea temperature is
15.8°C
0.1° 

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 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 7s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 7s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 7s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tauranga Bay at 5AM is: 1.9m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Oct)6ft (1.8m)7s
Afternoon (05 Oct)6ft (1.8m)7s
Evening (05 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Very mild (max 15°C on Tue morning, min 12°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the ESE on Sun night, calm by Wed morning).

Monday
5
Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
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
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
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2
E
8
1.9
E
7
1.8
E
7
1.7
E
7
1.9
E
7
1.8
E
7
1.7
ENE
7
1.6
ENE
7
1.5
E
7
1.5
E
7
1.5
ENE
7
1.5
ENE
7
1.4
ENE
7
1.3
ENE
7
1.2
ENE
7
1.2
ENE
7
0.9
ENE
7
0.8
ENE
7
0.9
NE
7
0.8
E
7
0.8
E
8
1.1
E
9
1.4
ENE
9
1.3
ENE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
453
389
330
270
348
343
319
292
208
218
210
225
197
172
142
140
82
69
73
70
72
192
318
264
Wind (km/h)
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
20
E
20
E
15
ESE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
5
E
10
N
10
NNW
10
NW
5
W
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
glassy
on
on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
3:21AM2.27m
4:06PM2.34m
4:28AM2.22m
5:11PM2.35m
5:37AM2.22m
6:11PM2.39m
Low Tide
9:33AM0.64m
10:13PM0.74m
10:38AM0.65m
11:20PM0.70m
11:44AM0.62m
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Temp °C
13
13
13
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
15
15
14
14
12
12
12
13
14
15
15
14
Feels °C
6
6
7
7
8
9
9
9
9
10
10
10
11
12
11
11
10
10
10
12
12
13
13
13
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