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Tauranga Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 18 Dec 2025 NZDT
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Tauranga Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tauranga Bay sea temperature is
20.3° C
 (Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tauranga Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Tauranga Bay at 11PM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm December 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Dec)--
Afternoon (18 Dec)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (18 Dec)1ft (0.3m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
Period(s) (?)8888816151515151515151414141414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)48464658468072696910710710910496132132136140138131123121121121
Wind
(km/h)
20
WNW
20
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
15
W
25
WNW
25
W
20
W
20
W
15
W
20
W
20
W
25
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
WSW
5
W
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crossglasscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:48PM
2.17
8:33AM
2.28
8:31PM
2.18
9:15AM
2.31
9:13PM
2.19
9:55AM
2.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:43PM
0.91
2:03AM
0.73
2:26PM
0.88
2:46AM
0.70
3:08PM
0.84
3:26AM
0.66
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise-----6:05-------6:05-------6:05--
Sunset-8:36-------8:36-------8:37------
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222016141415182122211817171721232322181717171819
Feels °C (?)171613131313171717171615151518191920171717181919
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