Tauranga Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 35.00° S 173.83° E

Issued: 12 pm 31 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Tauranga Bay sea temperature is

16.8°C

Tauranga Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Tauranga Bay today (31 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (31 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 7s period with NNW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (31 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 18s period with N swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (31 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 18s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Tauranga Bay at 3PM is: 0.1m 18s primary swell from a North direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 31). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (31 Oct)	1ft (0.3m)	7s
Afternoon (31 Oct)	0.5ft (0.1m)	18s
Evening (31 Oct)	0.5ft (0.1m)	18s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Very mild (max 18°C on Sat morning, min 13°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
	Sat 31					Sunday 1								Monday 2
	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 18	N 18	N 18	N 18	N 18	N 17	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 16	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	6	6	6	6	6	7	5	20	20	20	20	19	55	111	119	152	157	162	162	192	204
Wind (km/h)	SSW	E	NE	NE	ENE	E	SE	ESE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide		12:52PM2.59m					1:14AM2.42m				1:48PM2.51m				2:11AM2.34m				2:48PM2.44m
Low Tide				6:59PM0.57m					7:19AM0.47m				7:57PM0.60m				8:18AM0.53m				8:57PM0.63m


	6:24	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	7:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:53	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1
Temp °C	16	18	16	16	15	15	13	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17
Feels °C	12	16	12	13	12	12	10	10	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	15	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNW 7	NNW 7	NNW 7	NE 8	NE 8	NNE 8	NE 8	NE 9	NE 9	NNE 9	NE 9	NE 9	N 15	N 15	N 14	N 14	N 14	N 14	N 14	N 14	NE 7
kJ	5	5	4	3	3	6	3	3	3	7	3	3	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	204
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NW 6	N 18	N 17	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 16	NE 9	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	E 11	N 12	E 11	N 11	N 13
kJ	3	3	3	2	6	5	5	20	20	20	20	19	3	6	6	6	3	3	2	2	14
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 18	N 18	N 18	N 18	NW 6	NE 13	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 13	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	E 12	E 12	E 11	—	E 11	E 11	E 11	NE 11
kJ	6	6	6	6	2	7	1	1	1	3	6	6	6	3	3	3	—	2	2	2	5
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 3	—	SE 4	E 3	E 3	ESE 3	ESE 3	ESE 2	—	ENE 3	NE 3	NE 4	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7	—
kJ	1	—	1	2	3	3	2	1	—	2	2	7	55	111	119	152	157	162	162	192	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Ohiwa-Port Ohope Bay of Plenty	Hawai River East Cape	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	The Box Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	The Box Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland
Rating (10 max)	1	1	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2
Distance (km)	445	464	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	73	92	92	92	92	73	92	92	92	92	92	92
Best forecast wave conditions in Northland			Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	The Box	Scott Point	Scott Point	Twilight Beach	Twilight Beach	The Box	Scott Point	Scott Point	Scott Point	Scott Point	Scott Point	Scott Point
Rating (10 max)			5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Piha-The Ditch Auckland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Piha North Auckland	Piha North Auckland	Nicks Point Southland	Mussel Rock Auckland	Papatowai Catlins	Scott Point Northland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating (10 max)	5	8	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2
Header Global	Nine Mile New Zealand	Dunedin - Bobs Beach New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Ouano Lefts New Caledonia	St Vincent Left New Caledonia	Achadas Da Cruz Portugal	Niyodo Rivermouth Japan	Afife Portugal	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Japan	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Japan	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Japan	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Japan	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Malaking Gasang (Baler) Philippines	Trial Harbour Australia	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico
Rating (10 max)	5	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4

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