Farewell Spit Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.51° S 172.76° E

Farewell Spit 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 29 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Farewell Spit sea temperature is
13.6°C
0.3° 

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 (30 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 14s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 14s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 15s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Farewell Spit at 1AM is: 1.7m 14s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Sep)5ft (1.5m)14s
Afternoon (30 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)14s
Evening (30 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 14°C on Tue afternoon, min 8°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed morning, near gales from the W by Thu morning).

Tue
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
3
4
4
3
3
3
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.1
W
14
2
W
14
1.8
W
14
1.7
W
14
1.6
W
14
1.5
W
14
1.4
W
14
1.4
W
14
1.4
W
14
1.5
W
14
1.1
W
15
1.6
W
15
1.8
W
15
2
W
6
2
W
6
2.2
W
6
2.4
W
6
2.1
W
6
0.7
W
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1748
1597
1315
1179
1045
919
801
801
801
944
538
1185
1509
304
314
372
490
344
254
Wind (km/h)
40
WSW
30
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
ESE
0
NNE
20
W
35
W
35
W
40
WSW
45
W
50
W
50
W
55
W
55
W
45
WSW
40
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
00:40AM3.37m
1:03PM3.33m
1:22AM3.25m
1:47PM3.20m
Low Tide
6:54AM0.03m
7:15PM0.15m
7:37AM0.17m
8:02PM0.31m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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part cloud
part cloud
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Temp °C
14
14
13
12
11
11
11
12
12
11
10
9
9
8
9
10
11
11
11
Feels °C
6
8
8
8
9
9
9
11
7
4
2
0
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-3
-2
-2
-1
1
3
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