Farewell Spit Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.51° S 172.76° E

Farewell Spit 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 16 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Farewell Spit sea temperature is
13.7°C
0.6° 

Farewell Spit surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Farewell Spit today (16 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 13s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 13s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 11s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Farewell Spit at 3PM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (16 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Evening (16 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 14°C on Wed night, min 11°C on Thu night). Mainly strong winds.

Wed
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
4
2
4
3
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
W
13
0.6
W
13
0.7
W
13
0.8
W
12
1
W
11
1.3
W
11
1.2
W
10
0.8
W
15
2.3
NW
9
2.4
NW
9
2.5
NNW
8
1.9
W
13
2
W
13
2.2
W
16
2.1
W
16
2.1
W
16
1.5
W
16
1.9
W
16
2
W
16
2.3
W
16
2.2
W
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
125
123
158
180
244
403
308
275
763
885
982
1271
1408
2584
2214
2186
1101
1745
1913
2543
2299
Wind (km/h)
30
W
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
N
40
N
40
N
40
N
15
W
20
WSW
15
SW
35
ESE
10
S
20
WSW
20
W
35
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
12:59PM3.00m
1:15AM2.86m
1:38PM2.80m
1:57AM2.64m
2:24PM2.60m
Low Tide
6:50AM0.36m
7:11PM0.51m
7:28AM0.58m
7:53PM0.73m
8:12AM0.80m
8:42PM0.94m
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light rain
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cloud
light rain
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cloud
part cloud
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light rain
light rain
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part cloud
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:28
6:26
6:24
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:19
6:20
6:21
 mm
1
1
1
2
1
1
Temp °C
13
13
13
13
13
14
14
13
14
13
14
13
12
11
11
11
12
12
14
13
12
Feels °C
7
7
7
8
8
8
8
7
7
6
7
10
8
8
4
9
8
7
7
5
4
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