Farewell Spit Surf Forecast

/ Nelson – West Coast (6 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Farewell Spit surfForecast / Nelson – West Coast / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 09 Nov 2025 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 15.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Farewell Spit today?

The current surf forecast for Farewell Spit at 6AM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 09). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (09 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	13s
Afternoon (09 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	13s
Evening (09 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	13s

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

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		Sunday 09								Monday 10								Tuesday 11
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	1	4	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	W
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	6	7	9	10	10	13	12	11	11
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1267	1032	888	280	350	289	293	690	284	280	222	219	212	163	84	148	292	615	1024	1210	2377	1805	1104	734
Wind (km/h)	W	W	W	WSW	W	W	WNW	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	N	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	WSW	W	SSW	E
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		12:57AM 3.30					1:23PM 3.36				1:49AM 3.10				2:16PM 3.17				2:46AM 2.87				3:16PM 2.96
Low Tide / height (m)					7:10AM 0.09				7:42PM 0.19				8:02AM 0.29				8:37PM 0.39				8:58AM 0.51

		Sunday 09								Monday 10								Tuesday 11
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	13	13	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	14
Feels °C (?)	6	5	6	9	9	9	9	8	8	10	11	14	15	13	12	11	12	11	11	13	13	11	15	10

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