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Farewell Spit surf break

Farewell Spit surfForecast / Nelson – West Coast / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 14 Mar 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
17.9° 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 12PM is: 1.1m 7s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 14). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Afternoon (14 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Evening (14 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)8s

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

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16 DaysHourly
Print Table
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tue
17
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
2
2
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
N
1.4
WSW
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.4
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.5
W
1
W
1
W
1.6
W
1.7
W
1.8
W
1.3
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
Period(s) (?)9677889101010999813141818181717171616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)103149120124239295290379432371341327304290330377157917811970998708691513406
Wind
(km/h)
40
WSW
30
SW
10
WNW
10
NNW
5
NW
15
E
10
SW
10
SSW
5
SW
10
SSW
5
S
5
SW
10
WSW
15
SSW
10
SSE
10
SW
5
SW
20
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
20
SW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffglasscross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:18AM
2.38
7:52PM
2.36
8:23AM
2.56
8:50PM
2.56
9:12AM
2.79
9:35PM
2.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:40PM
1.06
2:04AM
0.95
2:40PM
0.85
2:58AM
0.74
3:27PM
0.60
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tue
17
Sunrise--7:24-------7:24-------7:26-----
Sunset-----7:52-------7:50-------7:47--
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161415171717161414141416171816151414151718181615
Feels °C (?)981415161515121212131616161514131091213121313
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