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Farewell Spit surf break
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Farewell Spit Surf Forecast / Nelson – West Coast / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 03 Oct 2023 NZDT
Forecast update in  hr  min  s 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 13.1°C (Statistics for 03 Oct 1981-2005 - mean: 13.4 °C max: 14.5 °C min: 12.4 °C)
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
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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 13.1°C (Statistics for 03 Oct 1981-2005 - mean: 13.4 °C max: 14.5 °C min: 12.4 °C)


How big are the waves at Farewell Spit today?

The current surf forecast for Farewell Spit at 5PM is: 2.3m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 03). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Oct)10ft (3.0m)13s
Afternoon (03 Oct)7.5ft (2.3m)13s
Evening (03 Oct)5ft (1.5m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Update imminent
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
0
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
3
2
3
3
3
1
1
1
0
2
0
0
2
2
0
2
0
0
4
2
3
2
4
5
4
3
5
5
5
5
5
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
W
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1
W
1.2
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
W
0.6
WNW
1
W
0.4
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.3
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
W
2.3
WNW
1.3
W
1.8
W
1.2
W
1.9
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.8
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
2
W
2.2
W
2.5
W
3
W
3
W
3.5
W
4
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
5
W
Period(s) (?)131312121212121211115696161616151515141414131311161413131215141413201319121818171717161616161515788891012121314
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)25371961156874764640039326235653120823158688518123429027533932529828979677137214826241283151411412746244623122327522716611196966895216817161696159916521611142010921051173547469910671355191732604836562369738789
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
25
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
15
WNW
25
W
30
W
40
W
45
W
40
W
20
WSW
5
SSW
5
ESE
0
WSW
5
W
5
WSW
20
WSW
10
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
30
W
35
W
30
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
35
NW
30
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
40
W
40
W
45
W
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
15
SSW
0
ESE
15
WNW
30
WSW
15
SSW
15
SSE
10
S
10
SW
15
WSW
25
WSW
35
WSW
45
W
50
WSW
60
WSW
55
W
65
W
70
WSW
70
WSW
60
WSW
60
WSW
55
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossonononononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:22PM
3.33
1:42AM
3.17
2:05PM
3.11
2:26AM
2.90
2:51PM
2.87
3:15AM
2.64
3:46PM
2.63
4:17AM
2.41
4:55PM
2.45
5:36AM
2.29
6:18PM
2.40
6:59AM
2.31
7:32PM
2.47
8:04AM
2.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:13AM
0.01
7:35PM
0.17
7:54AM
0.25
8:20PM
0.42
8:39AM
0.53
9:09PM
0.69
9:30AM
0.79
10:08PM
0.92
10:33AM
1.00
11:22PM
1.07
11:52AM
1.09
12:43AM
1.07
1:10PM
1.05
1:51AM
0.95
2:10PM
0.91
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Sunrise--------7:00------6:58-------6:56-------6:54-------6:52-------6:52-------6:50----
Sunset---7:35-------7:36-------7:37-------7:37-------7:38-------7:39-------7:40-------7:42
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Rain (mm)
-----------------------------1------------------------------
Temp. °C10101010999999101113121111111313131312111213131313131313131312121111109891011111110991012121212121210991110
Feels °C (?)54565654211281091091191110966767878777431321376367765452201-1-5-6-5-2-3

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