Delaware Bay (East end) Surf Forecast and Surf Reports
(Nelson – Tasman Bay, New Zealand)
Delaware Bay (East end) Spot ID
Type: river
Reliability: inconsistent
Best: Swell NW | Wind S
Sea Temperature Today is: 16.5 °C
| Wednesday 11 | ||||
| 4AM | 7AM | 10AM | 1PM | |
| Wave (m) |
 NW |
NW |
 NNE |
NW |
| Period (s) | 7 | 8 | 3 | 8 |
| Wind (km/h) |  |
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| Wind State | cross- off |
cross- off |
on | on |
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Delaware Bay in Nelson is a reasonably exposed beach break that has reasonably consistent surf. Spring and Summer provide the optimum conditions. The best wind direction is from the south. Tends to receive distant groundswells and the best swell direction is from the north. The beach breaks offer lefts and rights. Best around mid tide when the tide is falling. It very rarely gets crowded here.
Forecast Wave Energy (Power): 12hrs
Tide Times:
For Cable Bay, 4 km from Delaware Bay (East end).
| NEXT | IS AT (local time) | remaining |
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Delaware Bay (East end) Tide Times and Tide Chart
Live Weather:
At Nelson Aerodrome, 25 km from Delaware Bay (East end).
light winds from the SW km/h |  no report | Air temperature 11.1 °C |
Overall Delaware Bay (East end) Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in December
Wind stats for Delaware Bay (East end): see the variation in direction and stength by month.
Surf photos from
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Use this relief map to navigate to Nelson - Tasman Bay surf spots and tide stations that are in the area of Delaware Bay (East end)
Visitor Reviews of Delaware Bay (East end)
“Delaware Bay is best known to surfers for the excellent break at the river-mouth/gravel bar at the West end of the big beach.
The rest of the bay is just an ordinary beach-break. It can be a bit bigger than the bar and is much more suitable for beginners, but apart from that I can't figure why you walk all this way and surf the beach. It's not a bad wave, quite peaky; it's just not as good as the bar. I suppose it could offer a few rights after a session of only going left at the rivermouth.”
Rob Davies from NEW ZEALAND - 06 Mar 2010
Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Delaware Bay (East end):
(click location name for more details)- Closest break1 mi
- Second closest break2 mi
- Third closest break4 mi
- Fourth closest break5 mi
- Fifth closest break5 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Delaware Bay (East end):
- Closest wave buoy13 mi
- Second closest wave buoy44 mi
- Third closest wave buoy45 mi
- Fourth closest wave buoy293 mi
- Fifth closest wave buoy369 mi
Tide stations nearest to Delaware Bay (East end):
- Closest tide stationNelson12 mi
- Second closest tide stationCroiselles, South Island13 mi
- Third closest tide stationElaine Bay17 mi
- Fourth closest tide stationHavelock18 mi
- Fifth closest tide stationRichmond19 mi
Airports
- The closest passenger airport to Delaware Bay (East end) is Nelson Airport (NSN) in New Zealand, 26 km (16 miles) away (directly).
- The second nearest airport to Delaware Bay (East end) is Woodbourne Airport (BHE), also in New Zealand, 52 km (32 miles) away.
- Third is Wellington International Airport (WLG) in New Zealand, 114 km (71 miles) away.
- Paraparaumu Airport (PPQ) in New Zealand is 131 km (81 miles) away.
- Westport Airport (WSZ), also in New Zealand is the fifth nearest airport to Delaware Bay (East end) and is 170 km (106 miles) away.
This is the Surf-Forecast page for Delaware Bay (East end), Nelson - Tasman Bay. Use the tab navigation above to view Delaware Bay (East end) sea temperature, Delaware Bay (East end) photographs, Delaware Bay (East end) detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Delaware Bay (East end) webcams, current wind from Nelson - Tasman Bay live weather stations and Delaware Bay (East end) tide predictions. The New Zealand swell maps link will open up the big picture showing New Zealand and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from New Zealand wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around Delaware Bay (East end).
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