The Glen Surf Forecast

/ Nelson – Tasman Bay (18 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

The Glen surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 16 Oct 2025 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 14.5° C
(Which is 1.6°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 7PM is: 0.5m 6s primary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 16). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 21s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	6s
Afternoon (16 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	5s
Evening (16 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	5s

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

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	Thursday 16					Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sunday 19
	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	N
Period(s) (?)	6	5	6	6	5	5	5	19	18	18	18	6	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	0	0	27	17	8	4	2	34	31	30	30	77	26	56	56	67	62	30	58	87	91	106	167	215
Wind (km/h)	WSW	W	W	E	SSE	SW	SW	WSW	WNW	NNW	NNW	NW	WSW	W	W	W	WNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)					7:01PM 2.67				7:41AM 2.59				8:05PM 2.79				8:37AM 2.76				8:55PM 2.93
Low Tide / height (m)		12:39PM 0.97					1:28AM 0.83				1:51PM 0.84				2:26AM 0.66				2:44PM 0.67				3:10AM 0.49

	Thursday 16					Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sunday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33
Sunset	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4
Temp. °C	13	17	19	15	9	10	8	8	11	13	14	14	11	9	8	7	12	15	15	14	14	14	14	14
Feels °C (?)	8	12	15	12	7	8	6	6	9	10	11	13	9	6	5	4	9	10	9	9	10	10	9	11

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Nelson - Tasman Bay

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at The Glen (calm at Nelson East wx 13 km from The Glen). 1.1m 6s windswell from the NNW to make surfable waves.
1 hour 7 minutes ago The Glen

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1 h 7 min ago

3 km/h

NNW

Clean

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