Farewell Spit Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.51° S 172.76° E

Farewell Spit, New Zealand Weather Observations

Issued: 11 am 07 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Farewell Spit sea temperature is
13.7° C
0.5° 

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

Current weather conditions and live observations for Farewell Spit based on the nearest weather station observations (including METAR, SYNOP, ship and quickscat wind data). This is the most reliable place on surf-forecast.com to see what is happening with the weather in Farewell Spit right now. Also check out the current weather map overlays on our dynamic weather maps.

Current Weather near Farewell Spit

as reported by 5 closest weather stations

Weather Station WeatherWindGustsTemp.Visibility
Visibility /
Cloud

Collingwood

13 km SSW100 m above sea level

26 minutes ago
dry
5
calm
(3 km/h at 111°)
10
10 °C-
-
-
-
0

Whanganui Inlet

13 km SSW87 m above sea level

1 hour ago
light rainRecent light rain
5
calm
(4 km/h at 90°)
10.4 °C-
-
-
-
-

Takaka Aero

34 km S22 m above sea level

1 hour ago
Dry
0
calm
(2 km/h at 180°)
9 °C-
-
-
-
-

Separation Point (Abel Tasman National Park)

37 km SE20 m above sea level

29 minutes ago
No weather report
10
light winds from the NW
(9 km/h at 315°)
- °C-
-
-
-
-

Kotinga (Golden Bay)

40 km S15 m above sea level

1 hour ago
Dry

(- km/h at -°)
- °C-
-
-
-
-

Takaka Hill Caves

58 km SSE643 m above sea level

29 minutes ago
Dry
wind obs. (9 kph from 315 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
7.2 °C-
-
-
-
-

Marahau

59 km SSE8 m above sea level

33 minutes ago
Dry
0
calm
(0 km/h at 0°)
8.3 °C-
-
-
-
-

Big Pokororo 2

77 km S97 m above sea level

1 hour ago
Dry
5
calm
(4 km/h at 270°)
6 °C-
-
-
-
-

Tasman Village

79 km SSE2 m above sea level

32 minutes ago
Dry
0
calm
(0 km/h at 45°)
9.2 °C-
-
-
-
-

Tasman42

80 km SSE33 m above sea level

39 minutes ago
Dry

(- km/h at -°)
8.1 °C-
-
-
-
-

* NOTE: not all weather observatories update at the same frequency which is the reason why some locations may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones. We also include passing Ship data if it is recorded close to Farewell Spit and within an acceptable time window.

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