Rabbit Island surf break

Rabbit Island surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 04 Feb 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
20.1° C
(Which is 2.4°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 9PM is: 0.1m 18s primary swell from a North direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 04). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (04 Feb)1ft (0.3m)8s
Evening (04 Feb)0.5ft (0.1m)18s

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

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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
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 (?)
0.4
N
0.3
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
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
0.2
N
0.2
N
Period(s) (?)9918181818171616161616151515151514141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)241366624222120202019181717171716161515141414
Wind
(km/h)
0
SSE
10
N
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
SSE
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
N
10
NNE
15
NE
5
ENE
5
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
10
W
5
WNW
10
WNW
15
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassonononglassoffoffglassglassononcross-
on
glassoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:42PM
4.31
1:04AM
4.11
1:18PM
4.22
1:41AM
4.04
1:55PM
4.08
2:16AM
3.91
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:35PM
0.61
6:55AM
0.73
7:11PM
0.71
7:26AM
0.82
7:47PM
0.87
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise-------6:37-------6:37-------6:39
Sunset---8:45-------8:44-------8:43----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161918171412121217191918151413131926262419171515
Feels °C (?)15171515141111111718181815131091524252317161313
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