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Farewell Spit surfForecast / Nelson – West Coast / New Zealand
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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
17.8° C
(Which is 1.0°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 1PM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 12). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (12 Apr) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 12s |
| Afternoon (12 Apr) | 2ft (0.6m) | 12s |
| Evening (12 Apr) | 1ft (0.3m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Farewell Spit. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 |
Wave (?)Graph | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 33 | 47 | 73 | 102 | 98 | 220 | 31 | 28 | 652 | 403 | 533 | 595 | 511 | 786 | 723 | 1927 | 1686 | 1804 | 1608 | 1376 | 1207 | 1134 | 884 | 890 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross- on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross- on | cross | cross |
High Tide / height (m) | 5:29AM 2.44 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 12 | Monday 13 | Tuesday 14 | Wed 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | 6:54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:56 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 6:04 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:00 | - | - |
Rain (mm) | 1 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 |
| Temp. °C | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 |
| Feels °C (?) | 13 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 |
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