Inner Cut surf break

Inner Cut surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 19 Feb 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
22.3° C
(Which is 4.6°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 5AM is: 0.1m 15s primary swell from a North direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)0.5ft (0.1m)15s
Afternoon (19 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)5s
Evening (19 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
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 (?)
0.6
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.1
N
0.2
NNW
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.8
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.5
N
0.5
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.2
N
0.7
NNW
0.5
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.2
N
0.1
N
0.2
NNW
0.2
NNW
0.2
N
0.1
N
0.3
NNW
Period(s) (?)54156151556655549555109988123
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)18743553031351314887241487287532
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
N
10
NNW
0
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
15
WSW
25
W
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
5
WSW
10
N
20
N
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
onglasscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:51PM
3.97
12:02PM
4.29
12:28AM
4.04
12:37PM
4.32
1:06AM
4.06
1:14PM
4.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:49AM
0.47
6:00PM
0.52
6:22AM
0.42
6:36PM
0.46
6:56AM
0.45
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise---6:54-------6:54-------6:56----
Sunset-------8:25-------8:23-------8:22
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161515151921212116141313192322191411101014161716
Feels °C (?)15131312171920221412101116181514976712131314
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