Tay street surf break

Tay street surfForecast / Bay of Plenty / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 21 Mar 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
21.1° C
(Which is 1.4°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 6AM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (21 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (21 Mar)2ft (0.6m)10s

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


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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
ENE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
NE
1
NE
Period(s) (?)101010101010101010999999985845555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2181761731311311007067714443424146454340391194361696054
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
0
SW
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
5
NE
5
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
ESE
10
E
15
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glasscrosscrosscross-
on
onononononglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:27PM
1.71
9:49AM
1.75
10:14PM
1.75
10:39AM
1.73
11:02PM
1.77
11:31AM
1.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:31AM
0.15
4:02PM
0.06
4:22AM
0.13
4:48PM
0.05
5:12AM
0.14
5:36PM
0.06
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise----7:18-------7:18-------7:18---
Sunset-------7:25-------7:24-------7:22
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------22112----1111--
Temp. °C181716151718191918181717181818181818171718181818
Feels °C (?)181816141618181917181818181818181818171616161717
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