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Outer Cut surf break

Outer Cut surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 09 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Outer Cut surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Outer Cut sea temperature is
19.8° C
 (Which is 3.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Outer Cut today?

The current surf forecast for Outer Cut at 2PM is: 1.0m 5s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction, 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)1ft (0.3m)5s
Afternoon (09 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)5s
Evening (09 Jan)4ft (1.2m)6s

Table - waves today at Outer Cut. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
NNW
1
NW
0.8
NNW
1.2
NW
0.7
NNW
0.5
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.1
N
1.1
NW
0.9
NNW
1
NNW
1
NNW
1.5
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1.3
NNW
1.4
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.4
NNW
1
N
0.7
N
Period(s) (?)5556555413566666566666766
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4542810226148836953726914869741011141701822072038136
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
5
NNW
5
WSW
10
N
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
WSW
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NE
5
E
0
WNW
5
SW
5
SW
5
N
15
N
35
NNW
25
NNW
25
N
35
NNW
10
SW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		glassglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:53PM
3.87
3:20AM
3.69
3:40PM
3.68
4:02AM
3.53
4:29PM
3.50
4:50AM
3.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:30AM
0.96
9:01PM
1.04
9:09AM
1.15
9:48PM
1.25
9:56AM
1.37
10:41PM
1.41
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise-------6:05-------6:05-------6:07
Sunset---9:01-------9:01-------9:01----
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------------4-
Temp. °C222123232017161621212323191715141824252320201715
Feels °C (?)212124232016141520192122191815141822201917151713
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