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Rabbit Island surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand
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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
19.8° C
(Which is 3.2°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 7AM is: 0.3m 14s primary swell from a North direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (26 Mar) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 12s |
| Afternoon (26 Mar) | 5ft (1.5m) | 11s |
| Evening (26 Mar) | 6.5ft (2.0m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Rabbit Island. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 6 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 5 |
Wave (?)Graph | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 7 | 16 | 33 | 48 | 101 | 515 | 828 | 1226 | 1543 | 1776 | 1474 | 1356 | 889 | 589 | 524 | 177 | 70 | 49 | 35 | 16 | 4 | 21 | 23 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | glass | cross- off | glass | glass | cross | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | on | on | glass | glass | off | glass | on | on | glass |
High Tide / height (m) | 4:03AM 3.40 | 4:47PM 3.25 | 5:30AM 3.20 | 6:14PM 3.16 | 7:21AM 3.26 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 9:29PM 1.29 | 10:24AM 1.46 | 10:42PM 1.49 | 12:05PM 1.52 | 12:15AM 1.56 | 1:28PM 1.37 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 26 | Friday 27 | Saturday 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | 7:35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:37 | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:27 |
Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 18 |
| Feels °C (?) | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 19 |
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