Tahunanui bar surf break

Tahunanui bar surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 02 Apr 2026 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
19.3° C
(Which is 3.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)--
Afternoon (03 Apr)--
Evening (03 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)3s

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


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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
NNW
0.5
NW
0.6
NNW
1.3
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.5
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.6
NW
0.6
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.6
N
0.5
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.3
N
Period(s) (?)--3----44555555444444555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)00100007159025127771614191396774
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
5
NE
10
SSE
5
S
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
N
5
NE
0
NNE
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
W
5
N
10
NNE
15
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
ESE
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
off
offglassglassglassoncross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crossglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:16PM
4.10
11:28AM
4.16
11:49PM
4.12
11:59AM
4.09
12:22AM
4.10
12:31PM
3.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:59PM
0.48
5:13AM
0.53
5:30PM
0.50
5:42AM
0.58
6:01PM
0.58
6:10AM
0.69
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise------7:43-------7:43-------7:45-
Sunset-7:17-------7:15-------7:15------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
----------------------11
Temp. °C161513131211131517171514131316171817161515151617
Feels °C (?)141412121110121416171311111115161716161514141617
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  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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