Tauranga Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 07 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
20.8° C
(Which is 1.0°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 9AM is: 3.5m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 1.0m 9s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)11ft (3.5m)9s
Afternoon (07 Apr)8ft (2.5m)9s
Evening (07 Apr)7ft (2.2m)9s

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


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Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
ENE
3.5
ENE
3.5
ENE
3.5
ENE
2.5
NNE
3
ENE
2.2
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
2
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.5
N
1.5
N
1.5
N
1.6
N
1.7
N
1.8
N
1.9
N
2
N
1.9
NNE
1.9
NNE
1.8
NNE
Period(s) (?)9999999999911111414141415151515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)21342184207322101151122981873170763757573074391286195110921280146916111902166316631441
Wind
(km/h)
40
ENE
40
ENE
40
ENE
35
NE
30
NNE
30
NNE
20
N
10
WNW
5
SW
5
S
5
S
5
NE
5
N
5
WNW
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSE
10
ESE
5
E
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
off
offoffglassglassglassoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:18AM
2.28
11:49PM
2.31
11:56AM
2.22
12:28AM
2.24
12:37PM
2.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:09AM
0.78
5:26PM
0.71
5:50AM
0.85
6:05PM
0.80
6:33AM
0.91
6:47PM
0.87
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
Sunrise--6:41-------6:41-------6:43-----
Sunset-----6:10-------6:09-------6:08--
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
Rain (mm)
147314432---------121-221-
Temp. °C181919192120212019181921212120191818192021201919
Feels °C (?)131414161817202221192023232321191819202123212019
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