Tata Beach surf break

Tata Beach surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 16 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
19.1° C
(Which is 1.5°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 7PM is: 0.4m 3s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 16). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 17s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.1m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Mar)--
Afternoon (16 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)5s
Evening (16 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)3s

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


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Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
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
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.2
NNW
0.4
NE
0.2
WNW
0.1
NW
0.1
NW
0.1
NW
0.1
NW
0.1
NW
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.2
WNW
0.3
NW
0.4
NW
0.7
NW
0.9
NW
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.6
E
0.9
ESE
Period(s) (?)18185317161616165191918181844445171745
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)002200000100000135144300120
Wind
(km/h)
0
ESE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
E
5
S
10
SSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
ESE
10
NE
15
N
5
NNW
5
SSE
10
SSW
5
W
5
SW
5
WNW
10
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
5
SE
15
E
10
ESE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
oncrossoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
onglasscross-
off
offcrosscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:14AM
3.51
8:25PM
3.54
8:52AM
3.82
9:10PM
3.77
9:27AM
4.10
9:51PM
3.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:53PM
1.31
2:17AM
1.04
2:33PM
1.02
2:55AM
0.76
3:09PM
0.74
3:31AM
0.55
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Sunrise--------7:26-------7:26-------
Sunset---7:47-------7:45-------7:44----
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161718171515141416171817161514141619212019171615
Feels °C (?)161617161414131316161717161513131617191919151414
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