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Farewell Spit surf break

Farewell Spit surfForecast / Nelson – West Coast / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 31 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
18.5° 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 11PM is: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a North direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 31). An open ocean swell of 1.7m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jan)--
Afternoon (31 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)13s
Evening (31 Jan)6ft (1.9m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
N
2.1
W
1.8
WSW
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WSW
1.7
NNW
2.5
W
3.5
W
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)1366121111111111121212121212121212125781012
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)143282482523939193949910110310110310372727247149542149325903320
Wind
(km/h)
50
W
50
W
45
W
40
WSW
40
WSW
20
SW
5
SSW
15
W
35
W
30
W
30
W
35
W
25
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
20
WNW
20
NW
45
NNW
60
W
60
W
60
W
65
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:00PM
3.01
10:27AM
3.25
10:51PM
3.15
11:14AM
3.39
11:37PM
3.25
11:58AM
3.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:10AM
0.28
4:42PM
0.20
5:00AM
0.13
5:29PM
0.07
5:44AM
0.04
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise-----6:35-------6:35-------6:37--
Sunset-8:49-------8:47-------8:46------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
rain showers
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------------11-1-
Temp. °C171716151514151617171616151516161717181916151516
Feels °C (?)888771014131111111010101112141516135333
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