Tahunanui bar surf break

Tahunanui bar surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 05 Nov 2025 NZDT
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Tahunanui bar surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tahunanui bar sea temperature is
15.6° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tahunanui bar today?

The current surf forecast for Tahunanui bar at 6AM is: 0.3m 4s primary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 05). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Nov)0.5ft (0.2m)4s
Afternoon (05 Nov)0.5ft (0.1m)12s
Evening (05 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)5s

Table - waves today at Tahunanui bar. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Friday
07
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.7
NNW
0.5
NNW
0.5
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.8
NNW
1
NNW
0.5
N
0.4
N
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNE
0.5
NW
0.7
NNW
Period(s) (?)154444121255544455555544455
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)43311331914138662246493556116761025
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
5
S
0
SSE
5
SSE
5
NNW
15
N
10
NE
5
NNW
0
S
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
NW
15
NNE
10
NE
5
E
5
ENE
5
ESE
5
SE
10
SSW
10
N
15
N
5
NE
0
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offglassglassononcross-
on
glassglassglassoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
glassglassglassoffononcross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:35PM
4.18
10:16AM
4.24
10:21PM
4.33
11:01AM
4.43
11:08PM
4.37
11:45AM
4.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:42AM
0.44
4:11PM
0.34
4:26AM
0.34
4:54PM
0.24
5:12AM
0.35
5:38PM
0.26
Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Friday
07
Sunrise---6:09-------6:07-------6:07----
Sunset-------8:10-------8:13-------8:14
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C131212121516161614131111171821201716141318171717
Feels °C (?)11101111141414161413109141620201717151216151617
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