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Tahunanui bar surf break

Tahunanui bar surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 15 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
20.1° C
 (Which is 3.2°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 5AM is: 0.2m 12s primary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 15). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 4s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)12s
Afternoon (15 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Evening (15 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)7s

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

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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
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
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.4
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
Period(s) (?)1212121212117777777666666611111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)26111111111015152425169877773312222
Wind
(km/h)
0
S
5
S
5
SSE
10
SSE
5
SW
5
SSE
5
NE
5
NE
5
SE
5
SSE
5
SE
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
5
ESE
5
SE
10
SE
10
SE
5
SSW
5
WNW
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offglasscross-
on		glasscross-
off		glassoffglassglassononcross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:26PM
3.20
8:16AM
3.35
8:26PM
3.24
9:15AM
3.52
9:19PM
3.36
10:00AM
3.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:34AM
1.56
2:23PM
1.56
2:30AM
1.50
3:10PM
1.44
3:26AM
1.38
3:51PM
1.29
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise---6:09-------6:11-------6:13----
Sunset-------9:00-------9:00-------8:59
heavy rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
118108108-----1---1211-1---
Temp. °C131314141416191917161515161719171615141414161717
Feels °C (?)131314131416191917161515161718171615131313151616
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