Tauranga Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.00° S 173.83° E

Tauranga Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 11 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tauranga Bay sea temperature is
17.8°C
0.8° 

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 (11 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 7s period with NNE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 7s period with NNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 7s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tauranga Bay at 5AM is: 1.8m 7s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Nov)5ft (1.6m)7s
Afternoon (11 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)7s
Evening (11 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Very mild (max 19°C on Wed morning, min 14°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the N on Tue night, calm by Fri afternoon).

Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sat
14
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.1
NNE
7
1.9
NNE
7
1.7
NNE
7
1.5
NNE
7
1.1
N
7
1.1
NNW
7
1.3
NNW
7
1.4
NE
7
1.3
NE
7
1.1
NE
7
0.9
NE
7
0.9
ENE
8
1.2
NE
8
1.2
ENE
8
1.2
ENE
9
1.3
ENE
9
1.3
ENE
9
1.1
ENE
9
1.1
ENE
9
1.2
ENE
9
1.2
ENE
10
1.1
ENE
10
1.1
ENE
10
0.9
ENE
10
0.9
ENE
10
0.9
ENE
10
0.9
ENE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
443
379
279
204
110
114
134
183
167
128
89
116
182
171
216
276
255
199
199
242
296
232
223
160
160
160
163
Wind (km/h)
20
NNW
10
NW
5
W
10
NW
20
NW
25
NW
20
WNW
10
W
10
W
10
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
20
NW
25
NW
15
WNW
10
SW
10
S
10
S
5
SSE
5
E
15
NE
10
N
5
NNE
5
SE
15
S
15
S
10
SSE
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
off
off
off
cross
cross-on
on
glassy
glassy
off
off
off
High Tide
10:16AM2.45m
10:20PM2.29m
10:57AM2.42m
10:59PM2.25m
11:34AM2.38m
11:37PM2.21m
Low Tide
3:48AM0.50m
4:10PM0.67m
4:29AM0.53m
4:52PM0.71m
5:07AM0.58m
5:34PM0.75m
5:45AM0.65m
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
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2
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Temp °C
18
18
17
18
19
19
18
16
15
15
15
18
19
19
19
17
16
15
14
17
17
17
17
17
16
14
14
Feels °C
16
18
17
17
17
16
16
15
14
15
15
17
15
15
16
16
15
14
13
16
15
16
17
17
14
12
12
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