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Tata Beach surf break

Tata Beach surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 13 Jan 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 1.6°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 4PM is: 0.8m 4s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 13). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 12s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.1m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)--
Afternoon (13 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)4s
Evening (13 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)4s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
NW
0.4
NNW
0.8
NW
1.1
NW
0.8
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NE
0.2
ENE
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.3
NE
0.7
E
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)11114445414131313121244446666545
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)00184523670000003741000031815
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
20
N
15
NNW
20
NW
10
W
10
WNW
10
W
10
W
5
NW
5
NW
5
SE
10
SE
10
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
E
10
E
5
ESE
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrossglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		offoffcross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:27PM
3.30
6:02AM
3.31
6:29PM
3.26
7:19AM
3.41
7:29PM
3.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:02AM
1.72
11:21PM
1.63
12:11PM
1.71
12:19AM
1.62
1:08PM
1.62
1:15AM
1.56
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise-------6:11-------6:13-------6:13
Sunset---9:00-------9:00-------9:00----
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-------11423136712111---21
Temp. °C151720181616161414131414141515151516171817161616
Feels °C (?)141317151413131314131412131313141214161816151616
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