Tay street surf break

Tay street surfForecast / Bay of Plenty / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Wednesday 15 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
19.8° 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 11PM is: 0.2m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 15). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)--
Afternoon (15 Apr)1ft (0.3m)12s
Evening (15 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.4
NW
0.4
NNW
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.4
NNW
1.1
N
1.5
N
Period(s) (?)1212121111111156101010151414141313131212456
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)26251110999713988444433333655139
Wind
(km/h)
30
W
25
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
25
W
25
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
10
WSW
10
W
5
WNW
5
W
5
NW
20
NNW
25
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:28PM
1.57
5:59AM
1.71
6:22PM
1.64
6:45AM
1.75
7:15PM
1.73
7:34AM
1.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:31PM
0.34
12:09PM
0.25
12:23AM
0.30
1:00PM
0.17
1:17AM
0.25
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise------6:41-------6:41-------6:43-
Sunset5:49-------5:46-------5:45-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181615151515161817151412111215181917141414141719
Feels °C (?)13111112111112121199981013151715131314141415
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