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Inner Cut surf break

Inner Cut surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 16 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
22.0° C
 (Which is 4.2°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: 0.9m 4s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 16). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Feb)3ft (0.9m)4s
Afternoon (16 Feb)0.5ft (0.1m)12s
Evening (16 Feb)0.5ft (0.1m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
N
0.7
SW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
SW
0.6
SW
0.1
N
0.5
NW
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.6
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.5
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
Period(s) (?)124444412411161116111016454151514131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)313283123937252522516339444334
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
20
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
10
SW
5
SSE
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
5
SSE
0
E
0
NE
5
N
15
N
15
NNE
10
ENE
10
E
5
ESE
5
S
5
W
15
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:48PM
3.48
10:19AM
3.77
10:30PM
3.68
10:54AM
4.00
11:11PM
3.85
11:28AM
4.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:01AM
1.10
4:12PM
1.09
4:41AM
0.83
4:49PM
0.87
5:16AM
0.61
5:25PM
0.67
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Sunrise---6:50-------6:52-------6:52----
Sunset-------8:30-------8:29-------8:27
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C131312121522211914141415171819181715151418191919
Feels °C (?)109771019191611121315171717161614151418171717
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