Rabbit Island surf break

Rabbit Island surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Monday 06 Apr 2026 NZST
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Rabbit Island surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Rabbit Island sea temperature is
19.1° C
(Which is 3.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rabbit Island today?

The current surf forecast for Rabbit Island at 12AM is: 0.4m 7s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)--
Afternoon (07 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Evening (07 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)6s

Table - waves today at Rabbit Island. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
N
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.6
ENE
0.5
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.8
N
0.9
N
1.3
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.6
N
1.4
N
1.1
N
1
N
0.7
NW
0.6
N
0.4
N
0.2
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
Period(s) (?)666775777889998887566161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)131414151517234851579212226741335625313389302610204443
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
5
S
5
S
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSE
0
SSE
0
NNW
5
ENE
5
S
5
SE
5
SE
5
SE
0
SSE
5
WSW
5
ENE
10
NE
5
ESE
5
SSW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
0
NNW
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglassglassonglassglassglassglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:22PM
3.74
12:41AM
3.85
12:57PM
3.54
1:13AM
3.68
1:38PM
3.34
1:48AM
3.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:12PM
1.02
6:18AM
1.15
6:49PM
1.21
6:53AM
1.34
7:30PM
1.40
7:36AM
1.53
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise------6:48-------6:48-------6:50-
Sunset-6:10-------6:08-------6:07------
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------141710751---------
Temp. °C191715151515161715141414141515171917151413131618
Feels °C (?)181614151515161715141414141616181817151412131618
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