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Rabbit Island Surf Forecast
/ Nelson – Tasman Bay (18 surf breaks) /
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Rabbit Island surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 04 Apr 2026 NZDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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 11PM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 04). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 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 | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 8 | 13 | 30 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 32 | 23 | 23 | 33 | 51 | 74 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | on | cross- on | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | cross- off | glass | cross- off | cross- off | glass | glass | on | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass |
High Tide / height (m) | 12:39AM 4.05 | 12:48PM 3.92 | 1:10AM 3.98 | 1:22PM 3.74 | 1:41AM 3.85 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 6:08PM 0.74 | 6:17AM 0.84 | 6:40PM 0.86 | 6:47AM 0.98 | 7:12PM 1.02 | 7:18AM 1.15 | ||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 04 | Sunday 05 | Monday 06 | Tuesday 07 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:48 | - |
| Sunset | - | 7:15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:10 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 18 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 15 |
| Feels °C (?) | 17 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 15 |
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