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Tay street surf break

Tay street surfForecast / Bay of Plenty / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 13 Jan 2026 NZDT
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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
21.7° C
 (Which is 2.0°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 3AM is: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 13). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)4ft (1.2m)5s
Afternoon (13 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Evening (13 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.8
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.4
NE
0.3
NNE
0.5
E
0.4
NE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.5
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
Period(s) (?)13121256666613136111212121212121111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)313029281111391007755463518335637373772393030303030
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
10
SW
0
E
10
NE
20
ENE
20
NE
15
ENE
10
N
5
NNW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
ENE
10
NNE
20
NNE
20
N
10
NW
5
WSW
5
S
5
SSE
5
E
5
NNW
10
SW
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offglassononononcross-
on		crosscross-
off		glassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crossglassglassglassglassglassoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:50AM
1.55
4:00PM
1.58
4:43AM
1.54
4:48PM
1.54
5:40AM
1.55
5:39PM
1.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:27PM
0.35
9:49AM
0.48
10:17PM
0.39
10:44AM
0.52
11:09PM
0.41
11:37AM
0.54
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise---6:07-------6:07-------6:09----
Sunset-------8:38-------8:38-------8:37
clear
clear
clear
cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----111--------------122
Temp. °C171515171919192019181716202223222119191821211918
Feels °C (?)141316171818192120191716212221202120201923222019
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