Rabbit Island surf break

Rabbit Island surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 01 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 2.7°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 6AM is: 0.2m 12s primary swell from a North direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 01). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Afternoon (01 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Evening (01 Feb)0.5ft (0.1m)12s

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

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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
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 (?)
0.2
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
0.6
NW
0.6
NNW
1
N
0.8
N
0.9
NNW
0.2
N
0.2
N
1.1
N
1.3
N
1.4
NNW
1.8
NNW
1.2
N
Period(s) (?)12121211111111101212121144555111056778
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1211111010998111111101615472933996212800177
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
0
W
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
NE
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
SW
0
NNW
10
NE
15
NE
10
NE
5
ESE
5
NE
5
ENE
15
NNE
20
NNW
25
N
20
N
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffglassonononglassglassglassglassglassononcross-
on
glassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:59PM
3.75
10:44AM
4.11
10:54PM
3.92
11:25AM
4.28
11:42PM
4.05
12:04PM
4.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:07AM
1.06
4:31PM
0.80
4:59AM
0.88
5:16PM
0.65
5:43AM
0.76
5:57PM
0.58
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise---6:31-------6:33-------6:33----
Sunset-------8:47-------8:46-------8:45
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-------------------41112
Temp. °C161312111720191814131211171920191616161717151616
Feels °C (?)1511109161817171412119161718181717171614111315
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