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Outer Cut surf break

Outer Cut surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 23 Oct 2025 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
15.3° C
 (Which is 2.0°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 10PM is: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Oct)--
Afternoon (23 Oct)6ft (1.8m)8s
Evening (23 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunday
26
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
N
1.4
N
1.2
N
1
N
0.9
NNW
0.8
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.7
NNW
0.6
N
0.5
N
0.2
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.2
NNW
1.1
NW
0.8
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.1
N
0.2
NNW
0.7
NW
0.1
N
Period(s) (?)899888887777117666555126612
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)472304215144115866457545436241215144863122734323
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
20
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
NNW
10
NNE
0
E
15
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
NNW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
SSW
10
W
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscrossoncrossglasscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:46PM
3.90
12:11PM
4.05
12:18AM
3.79
12:41PM
3.99
12:52AM
3.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:28PM
0.76
5:47AM
0.74
5:56PM
0.84
6:19AM
0.83
6:26PM
0.93
6:54AM
0.97
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunday
26
Sunrise-----6:24-------6:24-------6:22--
Sunset-7:55-------7:57-------7:58------
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
2-----------------------
Temp. °C171613131191315141410988131316161091091212
Feels °C (?)151398538101113633410101311547699
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Nelson - Tasman Bay

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Outer Cut (calm at Nelson East wx 3 km from Outer Cut). A 1.3m swell from the NNW

    1 hour 14 minutes ago Outer Cut
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1 h 14 min ago

2 km/h
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Clean
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