Inner Cut surf break

Inner Cut surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 09 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
18.8° C
(Which is 2.8°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 3PM is: 0.3m 15s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)1ft (0.3m)16s
Afternoon (09 Apr)1ft (0.3m)15s
Evening (09 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)15s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
NNE
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
NNE
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
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
Period(s) (?)161615151516161515151414141414141313131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)454344697082797069673433333436161414141413131313
Wind
(km/h)
0
W
5
N
10
NE
5
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
5
S
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
ESE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
5
SSW
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
S
5
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:10PM
3.15
2:15AM
3.20
3:16PM
3.02
3:23AM
2.97
4:35PM
2.99
5:08AM
2.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:29AM
1.42
8:13PM
1.47
8:29AM
1.62
9:16PM
1.60
9:55AM
1.73
10:34PM
1.62
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise6:50-------6:50-------6:52-------
Sunset---6:06-------6:04-------6:02----
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161819181412121215181917131211111518181615161717
Feels °C (?)16181817119910141718161110991316161513141616
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