Inner Cut Surf Forecast

/ Nelson – Tasman Bay (18 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (41.26° S 173.26° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Inner Cut surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 19 Sep 2025 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 14.2° C
(Which is 1.8°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: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a North direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s
Afternoon (19 Sep)	1ft (0.3m)	14s
Evening (19 Sep)	0.5ft (0.2m)	13s

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

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	Friday 19							Saturday 20								Sunday 21								Mon 22
	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	N	N	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	14	13	13	13	12	7	7	6	3	4	4	6	7	8	9	9	10	10	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	45	31	31	18	36	18	17	17	15	5	4	4	9	15	17	75	220	466	929	1210	1552	1765	1651	1682
Wind (km/h)	SE	S	ENE	NNW	NNE	NNE	E	SW	SSW	SW	W	NNE	N	N	N	NNW	NW	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			7:57AM 3.42				8:34PM 3.78				8:44AM 3.64					9:10PM 3.96				9:24AM 3.83				9:44PM 4.07
Low Tide / height (m)	1:52AM 1.03				2:15PM 1.13				2:35AM 0.82				2:58PM 0.90					3:12AM 0.67				3:33PM 0.72

	Friday 19							Saturday 20								Sunday 21								Mon 22
Sunrise	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	5	9	6	9	5
Temp. °C	7	7	7	9	10	9	9	7	7	6	8	10	11	11	11	11	10	12	13	13	13	13	13	14
Feels °C (?)	4	5	5	6	6	6	8	5	5	4	6	7	6	6	6	7	6	5	5	6	6	7	8	8

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Nelson - Tasman Bay

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Inner Cut (calm at Nelson East wx 3 km from Inner Cut). 1.2m 8s swell from the N with a 0.4m 10s swell from the NNW and a 0.3m 14s groundswell, also from the NNW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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