Tauranga Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 35.00° S 173.83° E

Issued: 6 am 09 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Tauranga Bay sea temperature is

15.9°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 (09 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period with ENE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tauranga Bay at 10AM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (09 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	8s
Afternoon (09 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	8s
Evening (09 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Sun afternoon, min 15°C on Fri morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Friday 9							Saturday 10								Sunday 11
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	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)	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	157	153	125	122	98	95	85	85	85	74	66	66	52	52	52	52	55	61	62	61	59	58	58
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SSE	E	NE	NNE	NE	ENE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	W	NW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	glassy	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on
High Tide			7:35AM2.34m				7:56PM2.49m				8:26AM2.41m				8:43PM2.51m				9:13AM2.48m				9:28PM2.50m
Low Tide	1:15AM0.55m				1:37PM0.51m				2:06AM0.48m				2:25PM0.47m				2:52AM0.43m				3:10PM0.47m


	6:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:48	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	7:32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:35	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	14	14	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	18	19	18	17
Feels °C	13	13	14	14	14	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	17	16	16	16	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8
kJ	157	153	125	122	98	95	85	85	85	74	66	66	52	52	52	52	55	61	62	61	59	58	58
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 10	N 10	N 11	NW 5	NE 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	ESE 7	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	NNW 5
kJ	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	5	2	2	2	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	2	2	13
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 12	N 10	N 10	N 10	—	NE 11	N 10	NE 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	NE 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	SE 6
kJ	3	2	2	2	—	5	2	5	2	2	2	2	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	N 3	NNW 6	N 3	N 3	N 3	N 4	N 4	N 4	N 5	N 5	NNW 5	NNW 5	NNW 4	NNW 4	NW 5
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	2	3	3	7	9	15	17	19	20	14	16	20	26
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Tauranga Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Karikari Beach Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	Whananaki Beach Northland	The Box Northland	Taupo Bay Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Okupe Beach Northland	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Te Paki Northland	Elliot Bay Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Okupe Beach Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	Wainui Bay Northland	Wainui Bay Northland	Houhora Harbour Bar Northland	Helena Bay Northland	Wainui Bay Northland	Wainui Bay Northland
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	5	5	1	4	1	4	4	1	1	4	1	4	1	4	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	44	92	92	81	73	10	60	60	74	94	113	52	60	74	92	3	3	63	69	3	3
Best forecast wave conditions in Northland	Moureeses	Moureeses	The Box	Scott Point	Scott Point	Ngunguru Bar	The Box	Taronui Bay-Bombora	Twilight Beach	Scott Point	Ngunguru Bar	Ngunguru Bar	Scott Point	Elliot Bay	Scott Point	Mangawhai Heads	Baylys Beach	Taupo Bay	Taupo Bay	Ngunguru Bar	Henderson Bay	Moureeses	Moureeses
Rating (10 max)	1	1	4	5	5	1	4	1	4	4	1	1	4	1	4	1	4	1	1	1	1	1	1
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Stent Road Taranaki	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	7	5	5	6	4	7	7	8	7	9	5	9	9

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