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Tahunanui bar surf break

Tahunanui bar surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 10 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
20.3° C
 (Which is 3.5°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 12PM is: 0.5m 4s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 10). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)5s
Afternoon (10 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Evening (10 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.4
NNW
0.9
NW
1.6
NW
1
NNW
1
NNW
1.6
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1.3
NNW
1.2
NNW
1.5
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.8
NNW
1.2
N
0.9
N
0.7
N
0.6
N
1
NNE
1
NE
0.4
NNW
0.2
NNW
Period(s) (?)131345666665666677766644610
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)33835165696717169741018415117620631913968392930331110
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
SSW
10
WSW
15
NNE
15
NNE
5
NNE
5
ESE
0
W
5
SW
5
SW
5
N
15
N
35
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
25
NW
20
WSW
15
SSW
10
WSW
25
N
20
NNE
10
NNE
5
S
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		ononglasscross-
off		glassglasscross-
off		glassononcross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		oncross-
on		onoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:20AM
3.69
3:40PM
3.68
4:02AM
3.53
4:29PM
3.50
4:50AM
3.38
5:24PM
3.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:09AM
1.15
9:48PM
1.25
9:56AM
1.37
10:41PM
1.41
10:59AM
1.56
11:38PM
1.52
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
Sunrise-6:05-------6:05-------6:07------
Sunset-----9:01-------9:01-------9:00--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------22-------
Temp. °C161621222424191715141823252320191715181917161412
Feels °C (?)151419202224191815141822201917161412151413141310
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