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Farewell Spit surf Forecast / Nelson – West Coast / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 28 Mar 2024 NZDT
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Farewell Spit surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Farewell Spit sea temperature is 17.0°C (Statistics for 28 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 17.4 °C max: 18.6 °C min: 15.6 °C)
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Farewell Spit surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Farewell Spit sea temperature is 17.0°C (Statistics for 28 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 17.4 °C max: 18.6 °C min: 15.6 °C)


How big are the waves at Farewell Spit today?

The current surf forecast for Farewell Spit at 1AM is: 1.9m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)12s
Afternoon (29 Mar)6ft (1.9m)12s
Evening (29 Mar)5ft (1.6m)12s

Table - waves today at Farewell Spit. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Update imminent
Thursday
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sunday
31
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Fri
05
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
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 (?)
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.2
W
1.9
W
2
W
2
W
2
W
2
W
1.9
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
1
W
1
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
Period(s) (?)7899101212121212121212121212121212121212121213151515161616151515141414141414131313131313131212121212121213141471010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)63576673661477110581076109510028027265564804093443442802802322322321841871961612792832983103913863672793472682642572531921841281251251251251238580304299737373779096146350638551
Wind
(km/h)
50
W
45
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
40
WSW
30
SW
15
SSW
15
ENE
10
NNE
15
N
10
N
0
ESE
10
SE
20
ESE
20
SE
15
E
10
E
10
SSW
5
ESE
10
SW
10
SSW
10
S
5
E
5
NNE
10
NW
15
WNW
5
SW
5
SE
0
NNE
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
20
NW
20
WNW
15
WSW
10
SW
5
SSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
15
W
20
W
25
W
30
W
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
45
NW
55
NNW
40
W
40
W
45
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
ononglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossoffglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcrossoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:04AM
3.11
1:17PM
3.05
1:37AM
3.02
1:52PM
2.93
2:14AM
2.89
2:32PM
2.78
2:59AM
2.75
3:23PM
2.62
3:57AM
2.62
4:30PM
2.49
5:12AM
2.55
5:54PM
2.46
6:36AM
2.63
7:18PM
2.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:13AM
0.36
7:29PM
0.36
7:48AM
0.48
8:06PM
0.49
8:28AM
0.63
8:48PM
0.65
9:17AM
0.78
9:42PM
0.80
10:20AM
0.89
10:52PM
0.90
11:41AM
0.91
12:15AM
0.88
1:03PM
0.78
Thursday
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sunday
31
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Fri
05
Sunrise------7:41-------7:41-------7:43-------7:43-------7:45-------7:46-------7:47-----
Sunset-7:27-------7:24-------7:23-------7:22-------7:20-------7:19-------7:16-------7:15--
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151514131312121313131313131212131313131312111213141514131414131415151515141415161616151514141415151516161616171817161515
Feels °C (?)5655458910101012108810101012111091012121313121414121211111213121214151413121210999991111121314129987

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