Tauranga Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.00° S 173.83° E

Tauranga Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 01 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tauranga Bay sea temperature is
15.3°C
0.4° 

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 (01 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 11s period with NE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 11s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tauranga Bay at 10PM is: 0.1m 11s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Oct)--
Afternoon (01 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)11s
Evening (01 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Thu afternoon, min 10°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat afternoon, fresh winds from the ESE by Sun morning).

Thu
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
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
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
NE
11
0.1
NE
11
0.1
NE
11
0.1
NE
11
0.1
NE
11
0.1
NE
11
0.2
NNE
11
0.2
NNE
10
0.2
NNE
10
0.2
NNE
10
0.2
NNE
10
0.2
NNE
8
0.2
NNE
10
0.3
NNE
9
0.3
NNE
9
0.4
NNE
9
0.5
NNE
9
0.6
NNE
9
0.6
NNE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
5
5
5
5
5
5
11
10
10
10
9
7
9
15
15
30
44
61
62
Wind (km/h)
15
NNW
5
SSE
10
SE
10
S
10
S
5
S
0
SE
10
N
20
NNW
10
NW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
5
SSW
15
N
20
NNW
0
ESE
15
S
Wind State
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
off
off
off
glassy
on
on
cross-on
off
off
cross-off
off
glassy
on
on
glassy
off
High Tide
00:33AM2.50m
1:04PM2.54m
1:25AM2.43m
1:58PM2.46m
Low Tide
6:13PM0.60m
6:36AM0.48m
7:07PM0.65m
7:31AM0.54m
8:05PM0.70m
cloud
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clear
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
16
17
15
14
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13
13
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15
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10
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Feels °C
13
16
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11
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11
16
11
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