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Tauranga Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 11 Dec 2025 NZDT
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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
19.9° 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: 1.6m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.8m 16s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm December 11). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Dec)--
Afternoon (11 Dec)6.5ft (2.0m)9s
Evening (11 Dec)5.5ft (1.7m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
11
Friday
12
Saturday
13
Sunday
14
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
1.6
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
Period(s) (?)99916161515151515151514148988888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)685495430310306298287283279275275272268264354481460382321372372354417372
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
0
ENE
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
15
SSW
20
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
15
ESE
25
E
25
E
25
ESE
20
E
20
E
20
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglassoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:05PM
2.49
2:29AM
2.26
2:57PM
2.40
3:24AM
2.20
3:48PM
2.34
4:21AM
2.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:14PM
0.58
8:28AM
0.65
9:06PM
0.63
9:21AM
0.76
9:59PM
0.68
10:16AM
0.85
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Saturday
13
Sunday
14
Sunrise-----6:03-------6:03-------6:03--
Sunset-8:30-------8:31-------8:31------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222218171816192323201716151619191918181718181819
Feels °C (?)212417151612152019161513131518151514151314141315
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