The Glen surf break

The Glen surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 24 Jan 2026 NZDT
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The Glen surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Glen sea temperature is
18.7° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at The Glen today?

The current surf forecast for The Glen at 1PM is: 1.0m 12s primary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 24). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Jan)4ft (1.2m)10s
Afternoon (24 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Evening (24 Jan)3ft (0.9m)13s

Table - waves today at The Glen. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tue
27
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
NNW
1.2
N
1.1
N
1
N
1
N
0.9
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.4
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.5
NNW
0.5
N
0.3
NNW
0.5
N
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.5
NNW
0.5
NNW
0.4
NNW
Period(s) (?)7101112141312111112111110566109695655
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)455279269309383307217899498858335261920184012251121158
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
20
SSW
10
SSW
5
W
10
NNE
10
ENE
5
E
5
E
5
E
0
SSE
0
W
5
NNW
10
W
15
WNW
5
SSW
5
E
5
WSW
5
SW
5
NW
10
N
5
N
5
S
10
SE
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
glassglassoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:05AM
3.15
2:22PM
3.26
2:48AM
3.07
3:07PM
3.13
3:37AM
2.96
3:58PM
2.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:09AM
0.28
8:35PM
0.25
8:51AM
0.40
9:20PM
0.38
9:41AM
0.56
10:12PM
0.55
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tue
27
Sunrise-6:20-------6:22-------6:22------
Sunset-----8:53-------8:52-------8:52--
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
Rain (mm)
351------------------11-
Temp. °C141313171616151414141518181816141514171819181615
Feels °C (?)121011161415141313141517161516131514171619191615
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