Tata Beach surf break

Tata Beach surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 12 Mar 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
18.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Tata Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Tata Beach at 12AM is: 0.3m 3s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 12). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.5m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.


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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
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 (?)
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.9
N
1.2
N
1.2
N
1.3
N
0.9
N
0.8
N
0.5
N
0.6
N
0.5
N
1
ESE
0.4
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.3
NW
0.2
N
Period(s) (?)44331111887101099995888311111113
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)112100000000000000020000
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
15
NNW
15
WNW
5
W
5
E
5
ESE
5
S
5
SW
0
NW
10
NNW
5
SSW
0
SSW
5
SSW
10
ENE
10
WNW
5
W
10
N
15
N
15
W
5
WSW
5
SW
5
WSW
0
N
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
crosscrossglassglassoffglassglasscross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
crosscrossononcrossglassglasscross-
off
glasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:49PM
3.02
4:02AM
3.02
5:14PM
2.98
6:01AM
2.98
6:33PM
3.10
7:26AM
3.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:29PM
1.74
10:35AM
1.87
10:54PM
1.79
12:02PM
1.77
12:25AM
1.64
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Sunrise------7:22-------7:22-------7:24-
Sunset-7:53-------7:52-------7:51------
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----3441-1---1354-------
Temp. °C181817161616161718191817171515151615141313121517
Feels °C (?)161515161717171820202019181415151513121212101515
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