Tata Beach surf break

Tata Beach surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am 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
18.9° C
(Which is 1.0°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 1PM is: 0.2m 3s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 12). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.2m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)--
Afternoon (12 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)4s
Evening (12 Mar)--

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


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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
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
N
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.4
WNW
0.2
W
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
1.3
N
1.3
N
1.2
N
0.9
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.6
N
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.4
N
0.2
N
0.3
N
0.4
NW
Period(s) (?)6663443311111187777995591483
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)000111310000000000000002
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
5
S
5
ESE
5
NE
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
W
10
W
0
WNW
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
W
10
NW
10
NW
10
SSE
0
S
5
WSW
10
NNE
5
N
5
W
15
WNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrossglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
offglassglasscross-
on
oncrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:53AM
3.25
3:49PM
3.02
4:02AM
3.02
5:14PM
2.98
6:01AM
2.98
6:33PM
3.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:58AM
1.79
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
Sun
15
Sunrise--7:20-------7:22-------7:22-----
Sunset-----7:53-------7:52-------7:51--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
--------35531-1--2451---
Temp. °C131315171818171716161617181918171715151516151515
Feels °C (?)111214161615151617171719192019191814151514131414
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