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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
18.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)How big are the waves at Farewell Spit today?
The current surf forecast for Farewell Spit at 5PM is: 2.5m 11s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 1.5m 8s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (27 Mar) | 13ft (4.0m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (27 Mar) | 8ft (2.5m) | 11s |
| Evening (27 Mar) | 8ft (2.5m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Farewell Spit. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 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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Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 |
Wave (?)Graph | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3082 | 1584 | 1597 | 1387 | 1207 | 910 | 668 | 537 | 450 | 311 | 297 | 132 | 175 | 129 | 131 | 134 | 136 | 134 | 131 | 125 | 133 | 247 | 549 | 572 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross- on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 6:14PM 2.51 | 6:55AM 2.66 | 7:37PM 2.57 | 8:08AM 2.79 | 8:42PM 2.73 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 11:57AM 0.83 | 12:31AM 0.84 | 1:20PM 0.77 | 1:48AM 0.75 | 2:28PM 0.61 | 2:49AM 0.58 | ||||||||||||||||||
Friday 27 | Saturday 28 | Sunday 29 | Monday 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | 7:30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:27 | - | - | - | - |
Rain (mm) | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 4 |
| Temp. °C | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 |
| Feels °C (?) | 10 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 |
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