Rabbit Island surf break

Rabbit Island surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 05 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 2.9°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 8AM is: 0.4m 4s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)4s
Afternoon (05 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)4s
Evening (05 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)3s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wed
08
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
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
N
0.4
N
0.4
ENE
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.5
ESE
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.4
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.7
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
1
N
Period(s) (?)554544366666777777777789
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10772225333331421232324233338513843165
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
5
S
5
SE
0
SSE
5
NNE
5
E
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
S
5
NE
5
NE
5
S
5
S
5
S
5
S
5
S
5
SSW
0
WSW
0
ESE
5
SSE
10
E
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassonglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassonglasscross-
off
glassglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:48AM
3.92
12:10AM
3.98
12:22PM
3.74
12:41AM
3.85
12:57PM
3.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:17AM
0.84
5:40PM
0.86
5:47AM
0.98
6:12PM
1.02
6:18AM
1.15
6:49PM
1.21
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wed
08
Sunrise--6:46-------6:48-------6:48-----
Sunset-----6:13-------6:10-------6:08--
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
-------------------1317136
Temp. °C141415181917141212121518191715151515151514141516
Feels °C (?)141415181817131011111417181614141515151515141414
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