The Glen surf break

The Glen surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 04 Mar 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
19.3° C
(Which is 1.8°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 4PM is: 0.1m 9s primary swell from a North direction and 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 04). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 18s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)10s
Afternoon (04 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)9s
Evening (04 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
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 (?)
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.2
NNW
0.1
NW
0.1
NW
0.1
NW
0.1
NW
0.1
NW
0.3
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.3
N
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.6
SW
0.1
N
Period(s) (?)1010993161616161556415151612164555312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2222100000513645535377464
Wind
(km/h)
0
WSW
5
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
5
ESE
5
S
5
SSW
5
SW
5
WSW
10
NNW
10
N
5
NNE
5
S
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
WNW
10
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:27AM
3.48
11:47PM
3.37
12:03PM
3.50
12:22AM
3.39
12:37PM
3.44
12:56AM
3.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:36PM
-0.00
5:50AM
0.03
6:11PM
-0.03
6:25AM
0.05
6:44PM
0.03
6:59AM
0.13
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise--------7:11-------7:11-------
Sunset---8:06-------8:04-------8:01----
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C131617161312111115171918151313121621232218171615
Feels °C (?)12151515121110101415181814111191318212116151514
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