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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 11 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 NZSTForecast 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
13.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Sep) | 4ft (1.2m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (18 Sep) | - | - |
| Evening (18 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Rabbit Island. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sunday 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 196 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 58 | 153 | 348 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | off | glass | glass | on | on | on | glass | glass | cross- off | off | glass | cross- on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 7:14AM 3.22 | 8:08PM 3.53 | 8:14AM 3.42 | 8:51PM 3.75 | 9:01AM 3.62 | 9:27PM 3.92 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 1:23PM 1.48 | 1:59AM 1.16 | 2:22PM 1.26 | 2:42AM 0.97 | 3:05PM 1.04 | 3:19AM 0.82 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sunday 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | 6:24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | 6:19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:21 | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 14 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 |
| Feels °C (?) | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Nelson - Tasman Bay
The wind is still cross-off at Rabbit Island (fresh winds from the W at NelsonAeroAws 7 km from Rabbit Island). No surfable waves
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1 h 14 min ago
30 km/h
W
Cross-Off
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