Rabbit Island surf break

Rabbit Island surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 06 Mar 2026 NZDT
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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
18.9° C
(Which is 1.5°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 10PM is: 0.1m 15s primary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 06). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Mar)--
Afternoon (06 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)15s
Evening (06 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)15s

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


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Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.4
N
0.3
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.3
N
0.1
N
1.4
NW
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
Period(s) (?)15151554121313131010131212412612111111111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)54474333322333331433322998
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
W
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SW
10
NNE
15
NNE
5
NE
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
SW
5
WNW
10
N
5
NNW
15
W
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
0
WNW
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglassononglassoffglassglassglassglassonglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglassglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:08AM
4.06
1:21PM
4.04
1:41AM
3.95
1:54PM
3.85
2:13AM
3.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:39PM
0.68
6:50AM
0.77
7:12PM
0.82
7:18AM
0.94
7:45PM
0.99
7:49AM
1.15
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Sunrise------7:13-------7:15-------7:16-
Sunset-8:02-------8:01-------8:00------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C232216141312182120181515141419212222171515141719
Feels °C (?)212014111110171918181415141420202221161414141718
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