Tata Beach surf break

Tata Beach surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 22 Feb 2026 NZDT
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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
20.3° C
(Which is 2.0°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 6AM is: 0.6m 3s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 22). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 15s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.1m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Feb)2ft (0.6m)3s
Afternoon (22 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)4s
Evening (22 Feb)3ft (0.9m)4s

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

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Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
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 (?)
0.5
NW
0.6
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
NW
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
1
NW
0.9
NW
0.3
NW
0.9
ESE
0.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.1
NW
0.2
ENE
0.4
NW
0.5
NW
0.6
NW
0.4
NW
0.5
NW
0.4
WNW
0.4
NW
0.5
NW
0.5
E
1.1
E
Period(s) (?)653344446414141343355554436
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)161855152136280000012509118610672
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
20
W
20
W
20
WNW
15
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
SSE
5
SSE
10
SW
5
SW
5
WNW
15
N
15
N
0
SSW
5
WSW
10
W
15
W
10
W
0
SSE
25
E
10
NNE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffglasscross-
off
glasscross-
on
ononglassglasscrosscrosscrossglasscrosscross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:46AM
4.08
12:57PM
4.15
1:24AM
3.97
1:42PM
3.93
2:06AM
3.77
2:34PM
3.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:18AM
0.63
6:37PM
0.71
6:59AM
0.83
7:22PM
0.93
7:50AM
1.10
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise----7:00-------7:01-------7:01---
Sunset-------8:22-------8:21-------8:19
clear
clear
clear
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----1-------------------
Temp. °C151213151822232216151413161718181615161619201818
Feels °C (?)1389111616181814141212151515181512121320161616
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