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Tahunanui bar surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand
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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
18.2° C
(Which is 2.6°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 7PM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a North direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 18). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 20s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Apr) | 5.5ft (1.7m) | 7s |
| Afternoon (18 Apr) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 7s |
| Evening (18 Apr) | 5ft (1.5m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Tahunanui bar. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 7 |
Wave (?)Graph | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 310 | 209 | 183 | 133 | 294 | 367 | 230 | 189 | 148 | 112 | 107 | 82 | 80 | 58 | 30 | 43 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | on | cross | cross- off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | cross- off | off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 10:06AM 4.32 | 10:42PM 4.37 | 10:49AM 4.32 | 11:22PM 4.38 | 11:33AM 4.21 | 12:04AM 4.26 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 4:07PM 0.32 | 4:32AM 0.25 | 4:49PM 0.36 | 5:13AM 0.31 | 5:34PM 0.50 | 5:58AM 0.50 | ||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 18 | Sunday 19 | Monday 20 | Tuesday 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | 7:00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | 5:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:49 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rain (mm) | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Temp. °C | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 |
| Feels °C (?) | 13 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
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