Rabbit Island surf break

Rabbit Island surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Wednesday 09 Jul 2025 NZST
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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
11.8° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Rabbit Island today?

The current surf forecast for Rabbit Island at 7PM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a North direction and 0.1m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 09). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jul)--
Afternoon (09 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Evening (09 Jul)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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

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Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thu
17
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
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
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 (?)
1
N
1.3
N
1.4
N
1.4
N
1.4
N
1.4
N
1.5
N
1.3
N
1.2
N
1.1
N
1
N
0.9
N
0.9
N
0.9
NNE
1.2
NNE
1.3
NNE
1.9
NE
2.2
NNE
1.6
N
1.3
N
1.1
N
1.1
N
1.1
N
1.1
N
1.1
N
1.1
N
1
N
1.9
NNW
0.9
N
0.9
N
1.1
N
1.3
N
1.7
N
1.4
NNW
1
N
0.8
N
0.5
NNW
0.1
N
0.4
NNW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.3
NW
0.2
N
0.2
NNW
0.2
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.5
N
0.9
N
1
N
0.9
N
0.8
N
0.7
N
0.6
N
0.7
NNW
0.4
NW
0.6
N
0.6
NNE
0.2
ENE
Period(s) (?)9101099988877777786888889899911881212716771581515151471465151556777761212843
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)161300356325311297318226172131106838186147199232585358217138153177171175189157011110500001036601000040004412598585675029005081
Wind
(km/h)
0
W
5
SSW
5
S
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
S
5
SW
0
SW
5
NE
0
SE
0
SSW
0
N
5
NE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
ENE
15
E
25
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
5
N
0
N
0
NNE
5
NNE
5
N
0
W
5
WNW
5
WSW
0
S
0
ESE
0
SSW
5
NE
5
NE
10
NE
5
NE
10
NNE
15
N
5
NNW
0
NNE
0
NNW
0
ENE
0
E
0
E
5
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
S
5
NE
15
N
10
NW
5
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
W
5
SW
10
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
ononglassglassglassonglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
ononononglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassoncrossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:29PM
3.76
9:35AM
3.59
10:08PM
3.89
10:19AM
3.72
10:46PM
3.99
11:01AM
3.81
11:23PM
4.07
11:43AM
3.84
12:01AM
4.12
12:25PM
3.83
12:39AM
4.12
1:08PM
3.79
1:20AM
4.08
1:52PM
3.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:44PM
1.40
3:07AM
1.32
3:34PM
1.26
3:46AM
1.19
4:21PM
1.09
4:25AM
1.08
5:02PM
0.94
5:05AM
1.00
5:40PM
0.84
5:46AM
0.94
6:16PM
0.80
6:28AM
0.92
6:53PM
0.83
7:11AM
0.93
7:33PM
0.93
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thu
17
Sunrise------7:50-------7:50-------7:50-------7:50-------7:50-------7:48-------7:48-----
Sunset5:13-------5:13-------5:14-------5:15-------5:15-------5:15-------5:16-------5:17---
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Rain (mm)
133721-----13212172891----11------151151---------14611--------
Temp. °C999910101113131211111213121212131412111010121212109889111110111111111012121111988810121110108671113866
Feels °C (?)88889910131212111111119109912101010911111298778101081098109121211118677991088524810633
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