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Rabbit Island Surf Forecast
/ Nelson – Tasman Bay (18 surf breaks) /
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Rabbit Island surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 03 Apr 2025 NZDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Rabbit Island surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Rabbit Island sea temperature is
20.5° C
(Which is 4.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Rabbit Island today?
The current surf forecast for Rabbit Island at 5AM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a North direction and 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (03 Apr) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (03 Apr) | 5ft (1.6m) | 10s |
| Evening (03 Apr) | 7ft (2.2m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Rabbit Island. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 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 | 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 | 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 | |
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| Period(s) (?) | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
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| Energy (?) | 0 | 164 | 194 | 510 | 377 | 414 | 464 | 660 | 1004 | 1466 | 1209 | 855 | 855 | 627 | 474 | 424 | 312 | 205 | 162 | 130 | 101 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 21 | 21 | 11 | 24 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 48 | 99 | 137 | 220 | 366 | 349 | 346 | 317 | 223 | 300 | 225 | 146 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | glass | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | glass | cross- on | cross- off | off | cross- off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | cross- off | glass | glass | on | cross- on | glass | glass | glass | glass | off | cross- off | cross- on | glass | glass | cross- off | glass | cross- on | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | glass | glass | on | on | on | glass | glass | cross- off | off |
High Tide / height (m) | 2:10AM 4.06 | 2:30PM 3.80 | 2:56AM 3.75 | 3:25PM 3.48 | 3:51AM 3.43 | 4:32PM 3.20 | 5:09AM 3.19 | 5:56PM 3.07 | 6:56AM 3.16 | 7:17PM 3.11 | 8:14AM 3.32 | 8:20PM 3.25 | 9:04AM 3.52 | 9:09PM 3.43 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 7:33PM 0.75 | 7:56AM 0.85 | 8:23PM 1.04 | 8:52AM 1.21 | 9:19PM 1.33 | 10:12AM 1.50 | 10:26PM 1.57 | 11:49AM 1.60 | 11:52PM 1.70 | 1:10PM 1.51 | 1:23AM 1.64 | 2:10PM 1.35 | 2:30AM 1.45 | 2:57PM 1.19 | 3:17AM 1.23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 03 | Friday 04 | Saturday 05 | Sunday 06 | Monday 07 | Tuesday 08 | Wednesday 09 | Thursday 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | 7:43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:09 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:08 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:07 | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 23 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 |
| Feels °C (?) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 7 |
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