Tay street surf break

Tay street surfForecast / Bay of Plenty / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 28 Mar 2026 NZDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tay street surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tay street sea temperature is
20.5° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tay street today?

The current surf forecast for Tay street at 5AM is: 2.2m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)6ft (1.9m)8s
Afternoon (28 Mar)5ft (1.5m)7s
Evening (28 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)7s

Table - waves today at Tay street. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
3
3
2
2
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
NE
2.5
NNE
2.3
NE
2
NE
1.8
NE
1.6
NE
1.5
NE
1.4
NE
1.3
NNE
1.2
NE
1.1
NE
1
NE
1
NE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.8
NNE
0.9
NNE
1.2
NNE
1.4
NNE
1.7
NNE
1.8
N
1.7
N
1.5
N
Period(s) (?)988888777777766666667888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12359196995023692972421881591351148885715856496097150327407386287
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNE
20
NNE
5
NW
5
SSW
5
S
5
NNE
10
N
10
N
0
W
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
S
0
WSW
5
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NE
10
WSW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
glasscross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crossonoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:53AM
1.64
4:08PM
1.57
4:57AM
1.65
5:14PM
1.53
5:57AM
1.66
6:17PM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:15PM
0.24
10:00AM
0.35
10:18PM
0.27
11:02AM
0.33
11:21PM
0.27
12:01PM
0.29
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Sunrise----7:24-------7:24-------7:26---
Sunset-------7:15-------7:14-------7:12
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
111--------------1102--11
Temp. °C192019181922222019181717192121201919171719212120
Feels °C (?)172021202124222121191818212222212020181818202119
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