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Farewell Spit surfForecast / Nelson – West Coast / New Zealand
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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
18.4° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Farewell Spit today?
The current surf forecast for Farewell Spit at 2AM is: 2.3m 8s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (31 Mar) | 7.5ft (2.3m) | 9s |
| Afternoon (31 Mar) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 9s |
| Evening (31 Mar) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Farewell Spit. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 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 | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 10 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 |
Wave (?)Graph | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 692 | 1940 | 1496 | 628 | 930 | 846 | 461 | 298 | 247 | 200 | 682 | 691 | 598 | 590 | 489 | 476 | 383 | 372 | 302 | 302 | 239 | 179 | 176 | 130 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross- off | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross | glass | cross | cross- off | off | cross- off | off | glass | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 9:33PM 2.91 | 9:51AM 3.11 | 10:15PM 3.07 | 10:31AM 3.21 | 10:53PM 3.18 | 11:07AM 3.27 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 3:21PM 0.42 | 3:39AM 0.41 | 4:05PM 0.26 | 4:21AM 0.28 | 4:44PM 0.15 | 5:00AM 0.19 | ||||||||||||||||||
Monday 30 | Tuesday 31 | Wednesday 01 | Thursday 02 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:43 | - |
| Sunset | - | 7:24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 |
| Feels °C (?) | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
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