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Farewell Spit surf break

Farewell Spit surfForecast / Nelson – West Coast / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 03 Feb 2026 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
18.5° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Farewell Spit today?

The current surf forecast for Farewell Spit at 4PM is: 1.9m 8s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 03). An open ocean swell of 2.0m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Feb)2ft (0.6m)11s
Afternoon (03 Feb)5ft (1.6m)8s
Evening (03 Feb)7.5ft (2.3m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
W
0.5
W
1.9
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.2
NNW
1.7
NW
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
1
W
1.4
W
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.3
W
0.3
N
Period(s) (?)1111810111012121212121111121212111111515151615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8968486113911345694073934003935194113423192642161601572358543424738
Wind
(km/h)
35
E
40
E
30
NNE
55
ESE
35
SE
25
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
NE
5
N
10
NW
5
WNW
5
SW
5
S
5
SSW
5
NW
25
WNW
35
W
40
W
35
W
40
W
45
WSW
45
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		oncross-
on		glassglassoffglassglasscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:58AM
3.47
12:19AM
3.29
12:38PM
3.47
12:59AM
3.26
1:17PM
3.39
1:37AM
3.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:12PM
-0.00
6:26AM
0.02
6:53PM
0.00
7:06AM
0.07
7:31PM
0.08
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise-------6:39-------6:39-------6:41
Sunset---8:45-------8:45-------8:44----
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
15351311-------------------
Temp. °C161716141616161515151515151515151516171716161515
Feels °C (?)1011104911131212131413151515151513111110976
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