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Tahunanui Beach surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 14 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Tahunanui Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tahunanui Beach sea temperature is
20.2° C
 (Which is 3.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tahunanui Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Tahunanui Beach at 10PM is: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)--
Afternoon (14 Jan)1ft (0.3m)13s
Evening (14 Jan)1ft (0.3m)12s

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

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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 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
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
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
0.3
ESE
Period(s) (?)13131212121212677777776666665113
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)30282611111111111617161616158777633120
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
S
5
S
5
SSE
5
SSE
10
S
15
S
5
SSW
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
SE
5
SSE
5
SE
5
SSE
5
SSE
0
WNW
5
N
5
N
5
NNE
5
E
5
SE
5
SE
5
SE
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscross-
off		glassoffoffglassglassglassglasscross-
off		glassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glass
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)
1:26PM
1.65
1:34AM
1.56
2:23PM
1.56
2:30AM
1.50
3:10PM
1.44
3:26AM
1.38
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise-----6:09-------6:11-------6:13--
Sunset-9:00-------9:00-------9:00------
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
36131115973-11--11112242---
Temp. °C131313141414141619171616151516171818161515141416
Feels °C (?)131313141413121719181616151516181818161515131315
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