Tāhunanui Beach
Nelson City, Nelson, New Zealand
- Free parking
No photo of Tāhunanui Beach yet.The forecast, tide and cam below are live.
Today at a glance
Best: 7 pm to sunset, sunset 7:56 pm6.8
3 km/h2 mph wind, Good
6.3
3 km/h2 mph wind, Good
5.4
5 km/h3 mph wind, Fair
6.6
5 km/h3 mph wind, Good
7.4
5 km/h3 mph wind, Great
7.8
6 km/h4 mph wind, Great
8.0
6 km/h4 mph wind, Great
7.9
8 km/h5 mph wind, Great
7.9
8 km/h5 mph wind, Great
7.8
8 km/h5 mph wind, Great
7.9
8 km/h5 mph wind, Great
7.8
7 km/h4 mph wind, Great
7.6
6 km/h4 mph wind, Great
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 7 pm to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 16°C60°F
- Water
- 17°C63°F
- Wind
- 64 km/hmph NNE
- Gusts
- 1912 km/hmph
- Waves
- 0.2 m<1 ft
- UV
- 1 low
- Tide
- rising
- Rain
- 0%
- Sunset
- 7:56 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- High 8 pm, 1.4 m5 ft
- Low 2 am, -1.3 m4 ft
- High 9 am, 1.4 m5 ft
- Low 3 pm, -1.3 m4 ft
Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.
Beach info
Lifeguards, parking and facilities before you head down.
About Tāhunanui Beach
Tāhunanui Beach is a beach in Nelson, New Zealand, located near the sandy shore of Boulder Bank, which is approximately 6.96 kilometers away. The beach is close to Nelson, with the nearest town just 3.62 kilometers away, and free parking is available nearby.
Tāhunanui is one of the suburbs of Nelson, on the South Island of New Zealand. It lies between Port Nelson and Nelson Airport and is the site of the main beach for Nelson with a shoreline on the Tasman Bay.
The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "large sandbank" for Tāhunanui.
Source: Tāhunanui on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Retrieved Oct 19, 2026. Data sources
Facilities
- Restrooms80 m270 ft away
- Showers170 m560 ft away
- Drinking waterWithin 500 m0.3 mi
- Parking21 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 10 m40 ft. Listed as free
- Food and drink15 within 1 km0.6 mi
- SurfaceSand
Getting there
- Nearest bus stop
- 290 m940 ft
- Nearest town
- 3.6 km2.3 miNelson (city)
- Nearest airport
- 2 km1 miNelson Airport (NSN)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Boulder Bank7.0 km4.3 mi north-east away7.8 Great
- Kina Beach20 km13 mi north-west away7.1 Great
- Māori Pā Beach23 km14 mi north-east away7.5 Great
Where to stay near the beach
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The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sat8.3 GreatBest 2 pm to 7 pmWind up to 20 km/h13 mph, rain 0%
- Sun8.2 GreatBest 12 pm to 7 pmWind up to 22 km/h13 mph, rain 0%
- Mon6.6 GoodBest 7 am to 3 pmWind up to 29 km/h18 mph, rain 6%
- Tue5.8 GoodBest 8 pm to 9 pmWind up to 31 km/h19 mph, rain 100%
- Wed6.3 GoodBest 7 am to 10 amWind up to 25 km/h16 mph, rain 16%
- Thu5.1 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 17 km/h10 mph, rain 37%