Inner Cut surf break

Inner Cut surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 06 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
19.7° C
(Which is 2.0°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 11AM is: 0.2m 15s primary swell from a North direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)15s
Afternoon (06 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)14s
Evening (06 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)14s

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

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Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Mon
09
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
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
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.7
NW
0.9
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.3
NNW
0.8
NE
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
Period(s) (?)151515141414141313131356651313131354131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17171716161515141414142747533114131313415333
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
15
SW
20
SW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
15
WSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
WSW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
10
NNW
20
N
10
NNW
10
ESE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrossonononcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:24AM
4.08
1:38PM
4.12
1:59AM
3.95
2:15PM
3.93
2:35AM
3.78
2:53PM
3.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:19AM
0.67
7:40PM
0.72
7:50AM
0.83
8:17PM
0.92
8:22AM
1.06
8:56PM
1.14
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Mon
09
Sunrise-6:37-------6:39-------6:39------
Sunset-----8:43-------8:40-------8:39--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131320242424191716162125262518161514192520181514
Feels °C (?)11916222324181514151923242115121110152317171312
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