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Inner Cut surf break

Inner Cut surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 12 Jan 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
20.8° C
 (Which is 3.9°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 9PM is: 0.4m 6s primary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 12). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)--
Afternoon (12 Jan)3ft (0.9m)4s
Evening (12 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
NNE
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.2
NNW
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.8
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.6
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
Period(s) (?)4661066614145515141413131312121212121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)20131110332443319171616313112528262511111110
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNE
10
N
0
SW
5
SSE
5
SSW
10
SSW
5
NW
15
N
15
NNE
0
NNE
0
SW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
NNW
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
5
NE
5
SSE
0
S
5
S
5
S
0
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		glassoffglasscross-
off		glasscross-
on		crossglassglasscross-
off		crosscrossglasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrossglassglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:24PM
3.35
5:47AM
3.27
6:24PM
3.24
6:59AM
3.25
7:26PM
3.20
8:16AM
3.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:38PM
1.52
12:17PM
1.66
12:36AM
1.57
1:26PM
1.65
1:34AM
1.56
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise-----6:07-------6:09-------6:09--
Sunset-9:00-------9:00-------9:00------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
---------------------242
Temp. °C191815121111161717181614151517171716151414141516
Feels °C (?)14161511109151415181612121316151514151414141617
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