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Farewell Spit surfForecast / Nelson – West Coast / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 01 Apr 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
18.9° C
 (Which is 1.6°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: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)3ft (0.9m)14s
Afternoon (01 Apr)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (01 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)14s

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

Hourly12 Days
Nelson – West Coast Surf
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Tuesday
01
Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
1.2
NW
1.2
NW
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
1.4
NW
1.4
NNW
1.5
NNW
1.8
NNW
2.5
NNW
3
NNW
3
N
3
N
3.5
N
3.5
N
4
N
4
N
3.5
N
3
N
2.4
N
3.5
N
3
N
3
N
2.5
N
2.2
N
1.8
W
1.5
N
1.3
NNW
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.5
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
1.1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
1.9
NNW
1.9
NNW
1.9
NNW
1.9
NNW
1.9
NNW
2.3
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
Period(s) (?)141414141412121515171110101010101010991099999910101014101088813131316151414141478888101211109910151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)32030229323223641439338037145945438644660012011601147614461967232332712914177015288881941156214541442105513404313152201912027375464666925104125033292464054414494754981102161714141412151523582572729272415652
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
10
ENE
15
N
15
ESE
20
SE
20
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
35
SE
35
SE
35
ESE
30
E
25
E
30
NE
40
NNE
45
NNE
50
NNE
60
NNE
60
N
35
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
30
N
50
N
20
WNW
30
WSW
45
W
40
W
40
WSW
40
WSW
40
W
40
W
35
W
35
W
30
W
20
WNW
30
NW
35
N
40
WNW
50
W
55
W
55
WNW
60
W
55
WSW
45
WSW
35
W
30
W
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
40
NW
50
NW
55
NW
45
W
50
W
55
W
55
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crossoncross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		oncrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:54PM
3.55
1:19AM
3.48
1:40PM
3.35
2:05AM
3.29
2:29PM
3.09
2:57AM
3.05
3:25PM
2.80
3:57AM
2.80
4:33PM
2.56
5:12AM
2.62
5:56PM
2.43
6:36AM
2.57
7:19PM
2.45
7:50AM
2.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:08PM
-0.14
7:32AM
0.00
7:54PM
0.08
8:21AM
0.23
8:43PM
0.35
9:16AM
0.50
9:40PM
0.62
10:21AM
0.74
10:49PM
0.84
11:40AM
0.89
12:10AM
0.94
1:01PM
0.89
1:28AM
0.90
2:09PM
0.78
Tuesday
01
Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Sunrise--------7:43-------7:45-------7:46-------7:47-------7:48-------7:48-------7:50---
Sunset---7:22-------7:20-------7:19-------7:16-------7:15-------7:14-------7:12-------7:10
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Rain (mm)
--1---1122-38181913512131172141516196-----------18211521----112222---
Temp. °C171717171717171615151616151516161717171818181818181819181817171617171716161616171617151514151616161717171717181716161615
Feels °C (?)171715151414121110910101011121010989141717161515131614101091099991013121110543467912121313111177554
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