Rabbit Island surf break

Rabbit Island surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 31 Mar 2026 NZDT
Forecast 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
19.6° C
(Which is 3.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)7s
Afternoon (31 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)4s
Evening (31 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)4s

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


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Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
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 (?)
0.3
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.1
NW
0.7
ENE
0.8
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
NE
0.1
NW
0.2
ENE
0.1
NE
0.1
N
0.1
NW
0.1
NW
0.2
NNW
0.2
NNW
0.2
NNW
Period(s) (?)77794444665154415---1414-333
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)843013211171110114000000100
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
15
SW
5
SSW
10
NE
10
ENE
10
E
5
ESE
5
SE
5
S
0
SSE
0
SE
5
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
5
S
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
NNE
10
NNE
5
ENE
5
SSE
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoncross-
on
crosscrossglassglassglassglassononcross-
on
glassoffoffoffglassononcross-
on
glassoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:03AM
3.92
10:18PM
3.83
10:39AM
4.04
10:57PM
3.97
11:13AM
4.11
11:33PM
4.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:38AM
1.01
3:56PM
0.77
4:17AM
0.83
4:32PM
0.68
4:50AM
0.72
5:06PM
0.64
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
Sunrise--7:39-------7:41-------7:41-----
Sunset-----7:22-------7:20-------7:17--
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141215171613111111101215151311111110131716151312
Feels °C (?)9813151411910109111313121010109121514141211
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