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 2:43am and 3:09pm (moon overhead and underfoot), minor 7:19am and 11:01pm (moonrise and moonset).
High and low tides in Tauranga this week
Biggest tides around Thu 12 Nov| Day | High tides | Low tides | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today · Thu 12 Nov | 10:05am 1.8 m10:11pm 1.7 m | 3:42am 0.3 m4:07pm 0.4 m | 1.5 m |
| Fri 13 Nov | 10:44am 1.8 m10:51pm 1.7 m | 4:20am 0.3 m4:48pm 0.5 m | 1.5 m |
| Sat 14 Nov | 11:24am 1.8 m11:31pm 1.7 m | 4:58am 0.4 m5:29pm 0.5 m | 1.4 m |
| Sun 15 Nov | 12:05pm 1.8 m | 5:37am 0.4 m6:11pm 0.5 m | 1.4 m |
| Mon 16 Nov | 12:13am 1.6 m12:47pm 1.7 m | 6:17am 0.4 m6:55pm 0.5 m | 1.3 m |
| Tue 17 Nov | 12:57am 1.6 m1:32pm 1.7 m | 7:01am 0.5 m7:40pm 0.5 m | 1.2 m |
| Wed 18 Nov | 1:44am 1.6 m2:19pm 1.7 m | 7:47am 0.5 m8:29pm 0.5 m | 1.2 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 10:05am (1.8 m) and 10:11pm (1.7 m), and low tide is at 3:42am (0.3 m) and 4:07pm (0.4 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 1.5 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 2:42am to 4:42am, 9:05am to 11:05am, 3:07pm to 5:07pm, 9:11pm to 11:11pm. The solunar major bite periods today are around 2:43am and 3:09pm.
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.
Sources and data notes 1
- Tides: Tide predictions: Land Information New Zealand (LINZ), CC BY 3.0 NZ. Sun and moon: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0.