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Outer Cut surf break

Outer Cut surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 24 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
19.5° C
 (Which is 2.3°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 4AM is: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 24). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Jan)4ft (1.2m)10s
Afternoon (24 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Evening (24 Jan)3ft (0.9m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
2
1
0
2
2
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
N
1
N
1.2
N
1.2
N
1.1
N
1.1
N
1
N
1
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.5
N
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.2
NNW
0.2
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.5
NNW
Period(s) (?)1111910111214131211121211111110661099956
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)116238215284269371388357213889698858337402619181677922
Wind
(km/h)
0
NNW
5
NNW
5
S
10
S
10
SW
15
N
5
ENE
5
NNW
0
E
10
ENE
5
NNW
5
WSW
5
NW
10
N
5
S
10
WSW
10
SSW
5
SSE
0
SW
5
SW
5
NW
10
N
5
N
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
off		glassglasscross-
off		glasscross-
on		glasscross-
on		glasscross-
on		cross-
off		glassglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:07AM
3.80
2:18PM
4.04
2:48AM
3.74
3:02PM
3.89
3:31AM
3.64
3:52PM
3.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:37PM
0.74
7:58AM
0.75
8:18PM
0.80
8:38AM
0.91
9:03PM
0.93
9:29AM
1.10
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Sunrise---6:20-------6:22-------6:24----
Sunset-------8:54-------8:53-------8:52
light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
22614------1-------------
Temp. °C161514121417161715141413151717181614151416171819
Feels °C (?)161514101214151715131412151617161514151416161819
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