Tauranga Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 35.00° S 173.83° E

Issued: 6 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):

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 11PM is: 0.1m 17s primary swell from a North direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (31 Oct)	-	-
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 7mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Mon morning, min 13°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
	Sat 31			Sunday 1								Monday 2
	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
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 18	N 18	N 18	N 17	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 16	NE 4	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	6	6	6	7	5	20	20	20	20	19	29	87	129	147	172	202	215	204	183
Wind (km/h)	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ESE	ESE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore 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					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


	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	7:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:53	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—
Temp °C	16	16	15	15	13	13	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	16
Feels °C	12	12	12	12	10	10	11	12	12	13	12	11	11	12	13	13	14	14	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNW 7	NE 8	NE 8	NNE 8	NE 8	NNE 9	NE 9	NNE 9	NE 9	N 16	N 15	N 15	N 14	N 14	N 14	N 14	N 14	NE 7	NE 7
kJ	4	3	3	6	3	7	3	7	3	19	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	204	183
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	NW 6	N 18	N 17	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 16	NE 9	NE 9	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	N 12	E 11	N 12	N 14	N 13
kJ	3	2	6	5	5	20	20	20	20	3	3	6	6	6	3	2	3	15	14
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 18	N 18	NW 6	NE 13	N 6	N 10	N 6	N 13	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	N 9	E 12	E 11	E 11	N 12	E 11	N 11	NE 11
kJ	6	6	2	7	1	2	1	3	6	6	6	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	5
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	NE 3	E 3	ESE 3	ESE 3	ESE 2	E 2	NE 3	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7	—	—
kJ	—	2	2	3	2	1	1	2	9	14	29	87	129	147	172	202	215	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	The Box 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	The Bluff-South Side Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	Waiapu River East Cape	The Bluff-South Side Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	Ninety Mile Beach Northland
Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	1	3	2	2	2
Distance (km)	65	65	65	65	73	73	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	518	92	92	92	64
Best forecast wave conditions in Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	The Box	The Box	The Bluff-South Side	Scott Point	Scott Point	Twilight Beach	Scott Point	Scott Point	Scott Point	The Bluff-South Side		Scott Point	Scott Point	Scott Point	Scott Point
Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3		3	2	2	2
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Piha-The Bar Auckland	The Box Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	Scott Point Northland	Piha-The Ditch Auckland	Karioitahi Raglan and West Waikato	Piha North Auckland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Karioitahi Raglan and West Waikato	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Karitane Point Otago	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	5	2	2	4
Header Global	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Ouano Lefts New Caledonia	St Vincent Left New Caledonia	Achadas Da Cruz Portugal	Niyodo Rivermouth Japan	Nunoshima Japan	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Japan	Niyodo Rivermouth Japan	Afife Portugal	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Malaking Gasang (Baler) Philippines	Trial Harbour Australia	Boat Basin Lefts Guam	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States
Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5

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