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Outer Cut surf break

Outer Cut surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 10 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
20.7° C
 (Which is 4.0°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 12AM is: 1.6m 6s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction, 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 10). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)--
Afternoon (11 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Evening (11 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
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)
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
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 (?)
1.6
NW
1
NNW
1
NNW
1.5
NW
1.1
NW
1
NW
1.4
NW
1.2
NNW
1.5
NNW
1.5
NNW
1.4
NNW
1.9
NNW
1.2
N
0.9
N
0.4
NNW
0.6
N
0.9
NNE
0.6
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.2
NNW
0.2
N
0.2
NNW
0.2
N
0.1
N
Period(s) (?)6666556666677612647610611514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17672671546753114811511551393261506654282434121031324
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
5
NE
10
ESE
0
NW
5
SW
5
SW
5
N
10
N
30
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
35
NNW
25
WSW
10
SW
10
WSW
20
N
20
NE
10
N
10
SSW
10
SSE
5
S
5
SSW
5
WNW
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		glassglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:40PM
3.68
4:02AM
3.53
4:29PM
3.50
4:50AM
3.38
5:24PM
3.35
5:47AM
3.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:48PM
1.25
9:56AM
1.37
10:41PM
1.41
10:59AM
1.56
11:38PM
1.52
12:17PM
1.66
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise-----6:05-------6:07-------6:07--
Sunset-9:01-------9:01-------9:00------
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------13-----------
Temp. °C242419161514182325232019171418191817151211111617
Feels °C (?)222319171614182220191714131215141516141010101514
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