Inner Cut surf break

Inner Cut surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 03 Apr 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
19.0° 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 11PM is: 0.7m 5s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)--
Afternoon (03 Apr)2ft (0.6m)4s
Evening (03 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)5s

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


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Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
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 (?)
0.6
NNW
1.3
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.3
N
0.4
NNW
0.3
N
0.4
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.5
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.7
NNW
0.5
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.2
N
0.3
N
Period(s) (?)455545444455555555566666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14942656461291821241177444467737
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
5
ENE
10
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
W
5
N
10
NE
15
NE
10
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSE
0
W
5
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglasscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglassoffglassglassoffoffoffoffoffglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:49PM
4.12
11:59AM
4.09
12:22AM
4.10
12:31PM
3.95
12:53AM
4.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:30PM
0.50
5:42AM
0.58
6:01PM
0.58
6:10AM
0.69
6:33PM
0.71
6:40AM
0.84
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise------7:43-------7:45-------7:46-
Sunset-7:15-------7:15-------7:13------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171815141313151718171616141414161817141313141518
Feels °C (?)161812111111141617151616131414151816121111121417
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