Inner Cut surf break

Inner Cut surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Monday 06 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
19.0° C
(Which is 2.9°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 3AM is: 0.4m 7s primary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 06). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 13s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)2ft (0.6m)7s
Afternoon (07 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Evening (07 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)8s

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


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Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
N
0.6
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.8
N
0.8
NNE
1.3
NNE
1.4
NNE
1.4
N
1.1
N
1
N
1.2
NNW
0.8
N
0.6
N
0.5
N
0.2
N
0.3
N
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.4
NNE
Period(s) (?)67777778889988876661616161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)141515143248515580962572752651571111355326162045484574
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
5
SE
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSE
0
NNW
0
ENE
5
S
5
E
10
E
10
E
5
E
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
NE
10
E
5
S
5
SW
0
S
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
NNE
5
NE
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglassoffoffglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
glasscross-
on
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:24AM
3.89
12:40PM
3.55
12:56AM
3.70
1:21PM
3.34
1:31AM
3.46
2:10PM
3.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:05PM
0.88
6:11AM
1.02
6:42PM
1.08
6:46AM
1.21
7:23PM
1.29
7:29AM
1.42
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise----6:48-------6:48-------6:50---
Sunset-------6:08-------6:07-------6:06
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------1398653-----------
Temp. °C151515151618151414151515161718171514141416171817
Feels °C (?)131414141518161414151415171818161414141316161818
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