Rabbit Island surf break

Rabbit Island surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 28 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
20.0° C
(Which is 2.5°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 12AM is: 0.1m 14s primary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 28). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Mar)--
Afternoon (01 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)17s
Evening (01 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)11s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
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 (?)
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.6
NW
0.1
N
0.8
E
1
E
0.4
ENE
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
Period(s) (?)17161114131515156154441313131313131313121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)55244444194184104333333331110
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
NE
5
S
5
SSW
5
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
NW
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
ESE
10
SSE
5
S
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
WSW
0
E
10
NNE
5
SSE
5
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononglassoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
offoffoffglassglassonglassoffoffoffglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:54PM
3.45
9:45AM
3.78
9:53PM
3.67
10:28AM
4.02
10:41PM
3.87
11:05AM
4.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:40PM
1.22
3:04AM
1.27
3:34PM
0.96
3:59AM
1.04
4:19PM
0.74
4:43AM
0.83
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise------7:07-------7:07-------7:09-
Sunset-8:13-------8:10-------8:09------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------141-----------
Temp. °C171613111110162121181288711161815108761215
Feels °C (?)1414129981319191710564913151285431011
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