Tauranga Tides
High and low tide times for Tauranga today, with a 7 day tide chart, sun and moon times and the best fishing windows.
Tauranga tide times today
Tide times for Tauranga, from official LINZ predictions and updated automatically: where the tide is right now, today’s highs and lows, and the week ahead.
Tauranga tide chart
Best fishing times in Tauranga today
Solunar bite times: major 9:37am and 9:59pm (moon overhead and underfoot), minor 4:01am and 3:23pm (moonrise and moonset).
High and low tides in Tauranga this week
Biggest tides around Wed 28 Oct| Day | High tides | Low tides | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today · Thu 22 Oct | 4:12am 1.5 m4:46pm 1.7 m | 10:16am 0.6 m10:55pm 0.5 m | 1.2 m |
| Fri 23 Oct | 5:09am 1.6 m5:36pm 1.7 m | 11:11am 0.5 m11:46pm 0.5 m | 1.2 m |
| Sat 24 Oct | 6:04am 1.6 m6:25pm 1.8 m | 12:04pm 0.5 m | 1.3 m |
| Sun 25 Oct | 6:55am 1.7 m7:13pm 1.8 m | 12:36am 0.4 m12:55pm 0.4 m | 1.4 m |
| Mon 26 Oct | 7:45am 1.8 m8:01pm 1.9 m | 1:25am 0.3 m1:45pm 0.3 m | 1.6 m |
| Tue 27 Oct | 8:34am 1.9 m8:49pm 1.9 m | 2:13am 0.2 m2:35pm 0.3 m | 1.7 m |
| Wed 28 Oct | 9:23am 1.9 m9:39pm 1.9 m | 3:01am 0.1 m3:25pm 0.3 m | 1.8 m |
Tauranga tides: common questions
Tauranga has a semi-diurnal tide, with roughly two high tides and two low tides every 24 hours. Checking the Tauranga tide times before you head out helps with fishing, boating, launching, gathering shellfish and beach access. These are live high and low tide predictions for Tauranga, and update automatically.
When is high tide in Tauranga today?
Today at Tauranga (the standard port for Tauranga), high tide is at 4:12am (1.5 m) and 4:46pm (1.7 m), and low tide is at 10:16am (0.6 m) and 10:55pm (0.5 m). The whole week is in the table above.
What is the tidal range in Tauranga?
Tauranga has a semi-diurnal tide, with two high tides and two low tides a day. Today the range is about 1.2 m between high and low water. Ranges are largest around spring tides (near the new and full moon) and smallest around neap tides, so the figure changes through the month.
How often do the tides change in Tauranga?
There are about two high and two low tides every 24 hours and 50 minutes, so tides turn roughly every 6 hours 12 minutes and each one is about 50 minutes later than the day before.
When is the best time to fish in Tauranga?
Fishing is usually best in the moving water around each tide change, about an hour either side. Today that is 3:12am to 5:12am, 9:16am to 11:16am, 3:46pm to 5:46pm, 9:55pm to 11:55pm. The solunar major bite periods today are around 9:37am and 9:59pm.
Where do these Tauranga tide predictions come from?
They are official predictions from Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) for Tauranga, the nearest standard port to Tauranga, and update automatically. Sunrise, sunset and moon times come from MET Norway. Predicted times can vary slightly from the real tide in strong wind or unusual barometric pressure.