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Farewell Spit surf break

Farewell Spit surfForecast / Nelson – West Coast / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 08 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
18.2° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Farewell Spit today?

The current surf forecast for Farewell Spit at 5AM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Afternoon (08 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Evening (08 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)14s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
N
0.4
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.4
WSW
1.5
W
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.6
W
0.6
W
1.3
W
1.5
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.5
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
1.5
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
Period(s) (?)1412611661161414141313456516161616151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)164733424340391711616151251236712618716612011851811107136812971123
Wind
(km/h)
35
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
10
SSW
5
NW
10
W
30
WSW
25
WSW
40
WSW
45
W
40
W
30
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
40
W
45
W
40
W
40
W
35
W
30
W
30
W
40
WNW
40
WNW
35
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offglasscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:07AM
3.06
2:27PM
3.19
2:52AM
2.92
3:11PM
3.00
3:38AM
2.76
3:57PM
2.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:01PM
0.17
8:15AM
0.27
8:45PM
0.31
9:00AM
0.45
9:30PM
0.48
9:46AM
0.64
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise---6:07-------6:07-------6:09----
Sunset-------9:01-------9:01-------9:01
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171616161718191918171617181818181717171617181818
Feels °C (?)11131314171714151191013151413121111121113121314
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