Inner Cut surf break

Inner Cut surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 07 Dec 2025 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
19.5° C
(Which is 4.5°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 12AM is: 0.7m 4s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm December 07). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Dec)3.5ft (1.1m)5s
Afternoon (08 Dec)3ft (0.9m)5s
Evening (08 Dec)2.5ft (0.7m)5s

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

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Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
NNW
1.3
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.2
N
0.2
N
1
NW
1.1
NW
0.8
NNW
1
N
0.8
NNW
0.7
N
0.8
NNW
0.2
NNW
0.2
NNW
0.2
NNW
0.2
NNW
0.9
NNW
1.1
NW
0.6
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.1
N
0.3
NNW
0.1
N
0.1
N
Period(s) (?)555131355555451112121156551351313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5985391414415328472920271213131139802074533
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
20
N
5
N
5
NE
5
NNE
5
WSW
5
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
E
10
ESE
5
SE
5
S
5
SW
5
NNW
15
NNE
15
NE
5
NE
5
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crossoncross-
on
crossglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:35AM
4.09
1:04PM
4.31
1:27AM
3.94
1:50PM
4.12
2:21AM
3.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:15PM
0.55
6:47AM
0.69
7:07PM
0.69
7:36AM
0.82
8:00PM
0.86
8:22AM
0.98
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Sunrise-----5:47-------5:47-------5:47--
Sunset-8:47-------8:49-------8:50------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
--------1---------------
Temp. °C242117151515182118181716151519202022171514142123
Feels °C (?)221817151515181917181716151518181822171210101720
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