Tata Beach surf break

Tata Beach surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 09 Apr 2026 NZST
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Tata Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tata Beach sea temperature is
18.0° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tata Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Tata Beach at 9AM is: 0.4m 5s primary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 09). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 16s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.1m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)5s
Afternoon (09 Apr)1ft (0.3m)15s
Evening (09 Apr)--

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
NW
0.6
NW
0.4
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.3
NNE
0.7
NW
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.5
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
0.2
N
0.3
N
0.4
E
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.1
NE
Period(s) (?)44541541516161515141414131414141344444
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)410994415000000000000063311
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
20
NW
25
NW
20
WNW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
S
10
SW
5
SE
5
E
5
E
5
S
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
SE
10
ESE
5
ESE
10
S
10
S
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrossglassoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:34AM
3.52
1:13PM
3.21
1:18AM
3.26
2:19PM
3.08
2:26AM
3.03
3:38PM
3.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:14AM
1.48
6:58PM
1.53
7:14AM
1.68
8:01PM
1.66
8:40AM
1.79
9:19PM
1.68
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise--6:50-------6:52-------6:52-----
Sunset-----6:07-------6:06-------6:04--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151617202017141413131517181716141414151718171818
Feels °C (?)131516171514121111101316161614121212131516151615
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