Tahunanui Beach surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 20 Oct 2025 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
14.9° C
(Which is 1.8°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 11PM is: 1.2m 6s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Oct)--
Afternoon (20 Oct)4ft (1.2m)5s
Evening (20 Oct)4ft (1.2m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
NNW
1.4
NNW
1.2
NNW
1
N
1.1
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.7
NNW
1.6
N
1.3
N
2.1
NNW
1.2
N
1
N
0.8
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.7
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.7
NNW
1.3
NNW
0.9
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.6
NNW
Period(s) (?)566677788888887766556567
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8811411276118240319308208519172127785754544543372710147130239
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
WNW
15
WSW
10
SW
0
SW
25
NNW
20
NW
10
W
15
W
20
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
NNW
5
W
5
WNW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
W
20
NNW
30
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crossglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:13PM
3.95
10:32AM
3.90
10:44PM
3.99
11:07AM
4.00
11:15PM
3.97
11:40AM
4.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:00PM
0.78
4:17AM
0.73
4:31PM
0.72
4:48AM
0.69
5:00PM
0.71
5:17AM
0.69
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise-----6:30-------6:28-------6:26--
Sunset-7:52-------7:52-------7:54------
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----4891---------------
Temp. °C17171413141516151816131210913141515111110111821
Feels °C (?)15141010141214141412875591013139109101516
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  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Tahunanui Beach (calm at NelsonAeroAws 3 km from Tahunanui Beach). A 2.2m windswell from the NNW

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