Tauranga Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 01 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
20.8° C
(Which is 2.8°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 9PM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm December 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Dec)--
Afternoon (01 Dec)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (01 Dec)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
1
N
1
N
1.3
N
1.5
N
2.1
NNW
2
NNW
2.1
NW
2.3
NW
2.1
NW
1.5
NW
1.1
NW
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
Period(s) (?)1010101010101010101077767778998202018
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1581251251251251251219292908985148190374352440672653326167119119106
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
15
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
S
5
ESE
5
ENE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
20
NW
25
NNW
40
NNW
35
NW
35
WNW
40
W
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:16PM
2.37
5:54AM
2.29
6:12PM
2.44
6:54AM
2.42
7:09PM
2.50
7:52AM
2.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:29PM
0.59
11:56AM
0.73
12:26AM
0.49
12:55PM
0.66
1:22AM
0.39
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Sunrise-----6:03-------6:03-------6:03--
Sunset-8:22-------8:22-------8:23------
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
clear
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----1-23221-36211-1------
Temp. °C212019191819202021212120192120211918161616161820
Feels °C (?)1819202119212221232221191819161613119101091214
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