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Farewell Spit surf break

Farewell Spit surfForecast / Nelson – West Coast / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 12 Jan 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
18.1° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Farewell Spit today?

The current surf forecast for Farewell Spit at 12AM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 12). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Afternoon (13 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)6s
Evening (13 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
3
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
W
2.1
W
1.5
W
1.3
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
2
W
1.9
W
0.2
NNW
1.6
W
1.4
W
1.2
W
0.6
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.6
W
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.5
W
0.5
W
Period(s) (?)11108121111111066151010913131312121012121015
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)131383833145654346638836724723021494371249116114109989671696646113
Wind
(km/h)
45
W
35
WSW
25
SE
10
ESE
5
W
5
W
10
WNW
30
W
45
W
45
W
50
W
45
W
40
W
35
WNW
30
WNW
30
NW
20
NW
15
NW
10
ESE
20
SE
30
SE
35
SE
35
SE
30
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:45PM
2.48
6:26AM
2.45
6:49PM
2.42
7:31AM
2.46
7:55PM
2.44
8:31AM
2.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:07AM
0.90
12:39PM
1.03
1:10AM
0.94
1:45PM
1.02
2:11AM
0.90
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise-----6:11-------6:13-------6:15--
Sunset-9:00-------9:00-------9:00------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
--------------1-112277167
Temp. °C181715151414141516161515161515151514141415151516
Feels °C (?)810111413131297766889101212131111101012
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