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Farewell Spit surf Forecast / Nelson – West Coast / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 30 Mar 2024 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 17.0°C (Statistics for 30 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 17.4 °C max: 18.6 °C min: 15.6 °C)
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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 17.0°C (Statistics for 30 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 17.4 °C max: 18.6 °C min: 15.6 °C)


How big are the waves at Farewell Spit today?

The current surf forecast for Farewell Spit at 4AM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)4ft (1.2m)12s
Afternoon (30 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Evening (30 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Update imminent
Saturday
30
Sunday
31
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
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
0.5
W
0.4
WSW
0.5
W
0.4
W
0.8
WNW
0.9
W
1.5
WNW
2
WNW
1.4
W
1.5
W
1.3
W
1.4
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
Period(s) (?)1212121212121212121212121212131515151616161515151414141414141313131313131312121212121213710912141313121414141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)72655648040934434428028028023223223218419916127935737138638638636735734733826425725319218117312512512512512312178767573497652561773781127779784543553902775631541557489411399
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
5
N
5
SE
15
SE
20
ESE
10
ENE
10
N
10
NW
20
WSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
NNE
15
NW
15
W
10
SW
10
S
10
SSE
5
E
10
NE
15
N
20
NNW
20
WNW
20
W
15
SW
10
SSW
5
S
5
SSE
15
SE
15
E
10
E
5
SE
10
SSW
10
W
15
W
25
WNW
35
WNW
40
WNW
35
W
35
W
30
W
25
W
25
WNW
25
NNW
25
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
10
S
25
ENE
25
E
20
E
15
SE
10
SE
5
ESE
15
ESE
25
ESE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
offcrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:37AM
3.02
1:52PM
2.93
2:14AM
2.89
2:32PM
2.78
2:59AM
2.75
3:23PM
2.62
3:57AM
2.62
4:30PM
2.49
5:12AM
2.55
5:54PM
2.46
6:36AM
2.63
7:18PM
2.59
7:50AM
2.83
8:25PM
2.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:29PM
0.36
7:48AM
0.48
8:06PM
0.49
8:28AM
0.63
8:48PM
0.65
9:17AM
0.78
9:42PM
0.80
10:20AM
0.89
10:52PM
0.90
11:41AM
0.91
12:15AM
0.88
1:03PM
0.78
1:31AM
0.72
2:12PM
0.53
2:34AM
0.48
Saturday
30
Sunday
31
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunrise----7:41-------7:43-------7:43-------7:45-------7:46-------7:47-------7:48-------
Sunset-------7:23-------7:22-------7:20-------7:19-------7:16-------7:15-------7:14----
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Rain (mm)
--------------------------------------------16---11---------
Temp. °C131313121213131414131312131415151414141415151515151514141516161515151515161515151516161616161616151514141414151514141413
Feels °C (?)10111198111012101111101113121212131314141312111212121314141414151414121298991112131313131315121011111214129897

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