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Farewell Spit surf break

Farewell Spit surfForecast / Nelson – West Coast / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 23 Nov 2025 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
16.2° C
 (Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Farewell Spit today?

The current surf forecast for Farewell Spit at 6AM is: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Afternoon (23 Nov)5ft (1.6m)13s
Evening (23 Nov)5.5ft (1.7m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
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)
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
1.6
W
2
W
1.6
WSW
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
Period(s) (?)1414141414131367131313121212121212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4073293292532322228652952321631211191121061921501501501131151151067572
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
W
35
W
45
W
50
W
30
WSW
20
SW
10
ENE
15
SE
20
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
35
SE
35
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
20
SE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:13AM
2.94
12:33PM
3.03
12:50AM
2.87
1:11PM
2.96
1:29AM
2.78
1:52PM
2.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:23AM
0.43
6:47PM
0.50
7:00AM
0.50
7:26PM
0.58
7:40AM
0.58
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Sunrise---5:56-------5:56-------5:54----
Sunset-------8:32-------8:34-------8:35
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151414141515151515141514151515151514141414141516
Feels °C (?)131313131397699131111101212119878101214
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