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Tahunanui bar surf break

Tahunanui bar surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 23 Jan 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
19.7° C
 (Which is 2.5°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 3AM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a North direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jan)2ft (0.6m)11s
Afternoon (23 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Evening (23 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
3
3
1
2
2
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
NNW
0.2
N
0.5
N
0.6
N
0.5
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
1.1
N
1.7
NNW
0.9
NNW
1.1
N
1
N
1.2
N
0.9
NNW
1
N
0.8
NNW
0.7
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.4
NNW
0.5
N
0.5
NNW
Period(s) (?)5121111131212121188101012131313121211111176
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10116481841381341272973101072302184302863392291321019385382423
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
15
N
15
NW
5
WSW
5
S
5
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
5
SSW
15
N
10
ENE
5
SW
5
ESE
0
NE
5
S
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
N
5
SW
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		oncross-
on		cross-
off		offglasscross-
off		offoffoncrossglassglassglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		onglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:27AM
3.85
1:38PM
4.14
2:07AM
3.80
2:18PM
4.04
2:48AM
3.74
3:02PM
3.89
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:22AM
0.66
7:37PM
0.74
7:58AM
0.75
8:18PM
0.80
8:38AM
0.91
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Sunrise---6:20-------6:20-------6:22----
Sunset-------8:55-------8:54-------8:53
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
mod rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------1-147------11----
Temp. °C181716151921202016141211141616181614141315171718
Feels °C (?)1717151417191819151499131314171614141214151717
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