Farewell Spit surf break

Farewell Spit surfForecast / Nelson – West Coast / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 02 Apr 2026 NZDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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 1.2°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 10AM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Afternoon (02 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (02 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.9
WNW
1.1
W
0.1
N
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
W
0.5
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
Period(s) (?)1414131313131313131214134412121111131312121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)25418917612812687865656503631244247058575583151187180166
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
5
SSW
5
SSW
10
NW
20
WNW
20
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
25
W
30
WNW
35
W
35
W
35
W
30
W
30
W
25
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:07AM
3.27
11:28PM
3.24
11:42AM
3.27
12:01AM
3.25
12:15PM
3.21
12:34AM
3.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:00AM
0.19
5:19PM
0.09
5:35AM
0.16
5:53PM
0.10
6:10AM
0.19
6:26PM
0.17
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
Sunrise--7:43-------7:45-------7:46-----
Sunset-----7:20-------7:19-------7:16--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C131313141515151414141516161516161616171717171716
Feels °C (?)12121212121112111110101010910111213131313141616
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