Rabbit Island surf break

Rabbit Island surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 11 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
18.7° C
(Which is 2.8°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 12PM is: 0.2m 13s primary swell from a North direction and 0.1m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)13s
Afternoon (11 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)13s
Evening (11 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)13s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.8
NW
0.3
N
1.1
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.3
N
1.4
NW
Period(s) (?)14141313131313131313141313131314121251355146
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3616141414141313141315141313131612123531643732133
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
5
SSW
5
SW
5
N
5
NNE
0
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
5
E
5
E
0
NE
0
NNW
5
WSW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffglassonglassoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglassglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:40AM
2.99
4:52PM
3.01
5:25AM
2.96
6:08PM
3.09
6:50AM
3.17
7:12PM
3.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:02AM
1.82
10:41PM
1.72
11:37AM
1.76
12:06AM
1.59
12:48PM
1.56
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
Sunrise--6:52-------6:54-------6:54-----
Sunset-----6:02-------6:00-------6:00--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----------476-------11--
Temp. °C111015201916141415151415161717161413161817161312
Feels °C (?)9813181715121213131313161716151111161818171211
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