Inner Cut surf break

Inner Cut surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 09 Mar 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
19.4° C
(Which is 2.1°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 7PM is: 0.2m 10s primary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 09). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 15s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Afternoon (09 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)9s
Evening (09 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)10s

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


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Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
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 (?)
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.1
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.1
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
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.2
N
0.4
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.4
NNE
Period(s) (?)11119101010101010161615151211141414777666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)99288828255543244441523222013
Wind
(km/h)
0
NNW
10
N
15
NE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SE
5
SE
10
N
5
N
0
NE
10
SE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
S
5
SW
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
5
SE
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
crossoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:12PM
3.64
2:30AM
3.65
2:52PM
3.38
3:06AM
3.43
3:40PM
3.13
3:50AM
3.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:42AM
1.02
8:13PM
1.06
8:17AM
1.27
8:53PM
1.29
9:03AM
1.53
9:41PM
1.51
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Sunrise--------7:16-------7:18-------
Sunset---7:58-------7:55-------7:54----
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
---11-------------------
Temp. °C171817131211111013161616121110101416171613121212
Feels °C (?)1717161099981114141598881313151412111111
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