Delaware Bay (East end) surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 05 Mar 2026 NZDT
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Delaware Bay (East end) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Delaware Bay (East end) sea temperature is
19.0° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Delaware Bay (East end) today?

The current surf forecast for Delaware Bay (East end) at 4PM is: 0.7m 5s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 05). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)16s
Afternoon (05 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)15s
Evening (05 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)15s

Table - waves today at Delaware Bay (East end). (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
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 (?)
0.2
NNW
0.2
NNW
0.7
NW
0.2
NNW
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.4
NNW
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.2
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.1
N
0.3
N
0.3
NNE
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
Period(s) (?)161551510105444415115551541344444
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)24232221228333343898223323566
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
10
N
10
N
5
NNE
5
S
10
SW
10
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
10
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
0
W
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
5
SE
5
SSE
5
SSW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassononglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
offoffglassglassononcross-
on
glasscross-
off
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:03PM
3.50
12:22AM
3.39
12:37PM
3.44
12:56AM
3.34
1:10PM
3.32
1:28AM
3.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:11PM
-0.03
6:25AM
0.05
6:44PM
0.03
6:59AM
0.13
7:16PM
0.15
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise--------7:11-------7:13-------
Sunset---8:04-------8:01-------8:00----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141719181513121216202222181615151821201816161515
Feels °C (?)13161818141210913172021161414141821191816161515
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