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Farewell Spit surf break

Farewell Spit surfForecast / Nelson – West Coast / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 13 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 2PM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Afternoon (13 Jan)5ft (1.6m)10s
Evening (13 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
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)
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.8
W
1.9
W
1.7
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
0.5
NW
0.6
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.5
W
1
NNE
1.3
N
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
Period(s) (?)111111101061010101313131312121212106615151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)54346638837469622357843437187116114109989669694658124113159215212
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
5
SW
10
NW
35
W
45
W
45
W
45
W
40
W
35
W
25
W
10
W
5
SSE
20
SE
30
SE
35
SE
35
SE
30
SE
35
SE
40
SE
35
SE
30
SE
35
SE
30
ESE
30
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		glasscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
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)
6:26AM
2.45
6:49PM
2.42
7:31AM
2.46
7:55PM
2.44
8:31AM
2.55
8:53PM
2.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:39PM
1.03
1:10AM
0.94
1:45PM
1.02
2:11AM
0.90
2:45PM
0.93
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
Sunrise-6:11-------6:13-------6:15------
Sunset-----9:00-------9:00-------9:00--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
---------18451394112113841-1
Temp. °C141414151616151515131213131414151515151616161717
Feels °C (?)131412877677811131098910991111111313
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