Tata Beach surf break

Tata Beach surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 19 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
20.8° C
(Which is 2.5°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 12PM is: 0.8m 4s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 19). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 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-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)2ft (0.6m)6s
Afternoon (19 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)5s
Evening (19 Feb)--

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
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 (?)
0.4
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.6
NW
0.8
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
0.4
W
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.8
NW
1
NW
0.7
NW
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.2
WNW
0.3
NW
0.4
NW
0.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.7
WNW
Period(s) (?)55646673777646231091314146616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)817242046003000034011000000250
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
15
W
20
WNW
25
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
20
W
15
W
15
W
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
NW
15
N
10
NE
0
SE
15
W
25
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
glassoncross-
on
glasscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:05AM
4.35
11:31PM
4.10
11:40AM
4.38
12:09AM
4.12
12:17PM
4.31
12:46AM
4.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:34AM
0.53
4:45PM
0.58
5:07AM
0.48
5:21PM
0.52
5:41AM
0.51
5:57PM
0.57
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
Sunrise-6:56-------6:56-------6:58------
Sunset-----8:25-------8:24-------8:23--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----1-------------------
Temp. °C151519181720161414141921211914131212141617171412
Feels °C (?)13121614161713101111151616151010101012121516117
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