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Tahunanui Beach surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 15 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 11AM is: 0.2m 12s primary swell from a North direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)12s
Afternoon (15 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Evening (15 Jan)2ft (0.6m)7s

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

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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
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
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 (?)
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.5
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.5
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
0.1
N
0.2
ENE
0.4
ESE
0.4
E
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)1212121177777776666661111114334
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11111110233436362516877663322200310
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
10
SSE
5
S
5
S
5
S
5
S
10
ESE
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
E
5
SE
5
NNW
5
NE
10
NNE
10
ENE
5
ESE
5
SE
5
SE
10
SE
10
SE
5
S
5
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffoffoffglasscross-
off		offoffcross-
off		glassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		crossglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offglasscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:16AM
3.35
8:26PM
3.24
9:15AM
3.52
9:19PM
3.36
10:00AM
3.69
10:06PM
3.51
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
Sun
18
Sunrise-6:09-------6:11-------6:13------
Sunset-----9:00-------9:00-------8:59--
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rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
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part cloud
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Rain (mm)
948101------111351-------
Temp. °C141415151617161615151718171715141414141516161412
Feels °C (?)141315151618161615151718171615141413121314151210
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