Tata Beach surf break

Tata Beach surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 24 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
19.4° C
(Which is 1.1°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 8PM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 24). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)4s
Afternoon (24 Feb)1ft (0.3m)3s
Evening (24 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
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
WNW
0.5
NNE
0.3
ENE
0.8
E
1.1
E
1.2
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
NE
0.5
NW
0.2
N
0.6
NNW
0.4
NW
0.5
NW
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
0.7
NW
0.6
NW
0.4
NW
0.3
NNE
0.3
E
Period(s) (?)433566544444334444444453
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2423377000533341134924251610551
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
20
E
20
NE
5
N
10
ESE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
E
10
NE
10
N
10
NNW
10
W
5
SW
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
NW
25
NW
20
WNW
20
NW
15
WNW
10
W
5
S
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
crossglasscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:34PM
3.68
2:57AM
3.53
3:38PM
3.45
4:13AM
3.30
4:57PM
3.31
6:08AM
3.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:50AM
1.10
8:16PM
1.18
9:04AM
1.36
9:24PM
1.40
10:40AM
1.48
10:53PM
1.51
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise--------7:03-------7:05-------
Sunset---8:19-------8:17-------8:15----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C192018181616151517181817161616171821212018161616
Feels °C (?)181615171414131316161616151615151618191716151617
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