Anatori River Surf Forecast

/ Nelson – West Coast (6 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Anatori River surfForecast / Nelson – West Coast / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 28 Aug 2025 NZST

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Anatori River surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Anatori River sea temperature is 13.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Anatori River today?

The current surf forecast for Anatori River at 2PM is: 1.5m 6s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00am August 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (28 Aug)	2.5ft (0.7m)	14s
Afternoon (28 Aug)	5ft (1.5m)	6s
Evening (28 Aug)	7.5ft (2.3m)	8s

Table - waves today at Anatori River. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Thursday 28					Friday 29								Saturday 30								Sunday 31
	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	!	!	0	0	0	0	!	!	!	0	0	0	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WSW	WSW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	6	8	8	9	12	12	9	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	221	189	290	714	825	893	1664	2125	1664	2935	3385	3468	3829	3503	3011	2815	2815	2612	2221	2000	1662	1509	1407	1395
Wind (km/h)	N	NW	NNW	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	WSW	WSW	SW	WSW	WSW	W	WSW	WSW	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WSW	NW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			1:06PM 2.80				1:21AM 2.77				1:42PM 2.66				1:59AM 2.59				2:23PM 2.50				2:43AM 2.42
Low Tide / height (m)	7:00AM 0.36				7:16PM 0.48				7:36AM 0.52				7:54PM 0.66				8:15AM 0.70				8:38PM 0.83

	Thursday 28					Friday 29								Saturday 30								Sunday 31
Sunrise	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:04	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	1	10	7	-	1	1	2	3	1	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	1	2	2	4	5	3	4
Temp. °C	12	13	13	13	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Feels °C (?)	11	10	10	9	7	6	5	5	3	5	5	4	5	5	5	6	8	9	9	9	8	9	9	8

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Nelson - West Coast

Lovely day with light breezes that were never worse than cross-shore. The swell of the past few days would have been a bit small for here but it was joined by a building groundswell of more than 20 seconds. Although this second swell was only about 0.5m, it was enough to create sets to about head-high every 15 minutes or so. Slowly increasing as the tide dropped. Just 2 surfers out.
45 hours 8 minutes ago Wharariki Beach, 34 km away

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