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Inner Cut surf break

Inner Cut surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 17 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Inner Cut surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Inner Cut sea temperature is
20.2° C
 (Which is 3.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Inner Cut today?

The current surf forecast for Inner Cut at 7AM is: 0.2m 6s primary swell from a North direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 17). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)11s
Afternoon (17 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)11s
Evening (17 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)17s

Table - waves today at Inner Cut. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
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 (?)
0.3
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.5
SE
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.6
SE
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
Period(s) (?)61211611111117111010311171717161616416151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)61110222252220266655505544
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
5
ENE
5
SE
5
ESE
5
SE
5
NNW
5
NW
5
ESE
15
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
0
NE
10
N
20
E
15
E
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
0
WSW
5
NNE
5
NE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglassglassoffoffcross-
on		onglassoffoffoffcross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:19PM
3.36
10:00AM
3.69
10:06PM
3.51
10:38AM
3.84
10:48PM
3.67
11:14AM
3.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:26AM
1.38
3:51PM
1.29
4:16AM
1.20
4:29PM
1.15
5:01AM
1.00
5:05PM
1.01
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise---6:13-------6:13-------6:15----
Sunset-------8:59-------8:59-------8:58
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
36321-------------------
Temp. °C1515141414171617131110101517201813109915171919
Feels °C (?)141514131316151710988141515141087614151717
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