Tauranga Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 17 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
20.5° 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 10PM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)--
Afternoon (17 Apr)1ft (0.3m)14s
Evening (17 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
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 (?)
0.3
E
0.3
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
1.1
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.8
NNW
1.9
NNW
2
NNW
1.9
NNW
1.5
NNW
1.3
N
1.2
N
1.1
N
1.1
N
0.9
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.5
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.3
NNW
Period(s) (?)141413131313555666777777776677
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)353658575553508210217325631237139022218615212011079164175153136
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
10
W
10
WNW
15
NW
20
NW
25
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
35
NW
20
W
15
WNW
20
NW
25
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
35
NNW
35
NW
25
WNW
25
NW
30
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:06PM
2.51
8:23AM
2.59
8:56PM
2.62
9:12AM
2.62
9:47PM
2.69
10:02AM
2.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:42PM
0.47
2:02AM
0.54
2:29PM
0.37
2:50AM
0.50
3:17PM
0.31
3:42AM
0.48
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise------6:50-------6:50-------6:50-
Sunset5:58-------5:57-------5:55-------
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
--------121141---1143111
Temp. °C191817171718191919191918191718191918171717161617
Feels °C (?)161615141314151515151413151517171515141111111112
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