Tata Beach surf break

Tata Beach surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 18 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 1.4°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 1AM is: 0.3m 3s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 18). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.2m 17s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.


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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
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 (?)
0.7
NW
0.6
NW
0.2
N
0.3
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.8
ESE
0.2
N
0.5
E
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.5
E
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
E
0.8
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
0.9
ESE
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
Period(s) (?)44173555195455181818345655444
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1410012200011000000100000004
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
5
W
5
S
5
ESE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
E
15
ENE
0
SSW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
ESE
5
NE
10
NNE
5
NE
0
NNE
0
W
0
WNW
0
NW
5
NNE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:51PM
3.99
10:01AM
4.30
10:31PM
4.17
10:37AM
4.41
11:08PM
4.29
11:14AM
4.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:09PM
0.74
3:31AM
0.55
3:44PM
0.51
4:06AM
0.40
4:19PM
0.39
4:41AM
0.34
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise------7:28-------7:28-------7:30-
Sunset-7:44-------7:43-------7:40------
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C201818161615171919171615151516171716161515151516
Feels °C (?)171817161413141616171514141415161515161515161515
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  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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