The Glen surf break

The Glen surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 10 Sep 2025 NZST
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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
13.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at The Glen today?

The current surf forecast for The Glen at 9AM is: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 10). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Sep)3ft (0.9m)7s
Afternoon (10 Sep)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (10 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)11s

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

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Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Sat
13
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
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 (?)
1.3
N
1.1
N
0.9
N
0.9
NNW
1.2
NNW
1.1
NNW
1
N
0.9
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.5
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.5
N
0.5
NNW
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.3
N
0.2
N
0.3
N
0.5
N
Period(s) (?)7778810111212121212887887777111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)176140861021792482742501911119292825550531918121217222647
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
10
WSW
15
W
30
NW
30
WNW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
NW
10
NNW
5
WSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
N
5
W
10
SSW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglasscrossglassglasscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:21AM
3.56
11:38PM
3.63
12:01PM
3.53
12:20AM
3.51
12:44PM
3.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:11AM
-0.20
5:28PM
-0.12
5:50AM
-0.16
6:08PM
-0.03
6:30AM
-0.01
6:51PM
0.14
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Sat
13
Sunrise--6:37-------6:35-------6:33-----
Sunset-----6:09-------6:10-------6:12--
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
2---12-------------1----
Temp. °C91012141188866810121086668810987
Feels °C (?)678852022357874334558643
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Nelson - Tasman Bay

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at The Glen (calm at Nelson East wx 13 km from The Glen). 0.9m 8s swell from the NNW to make surfable waves.

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