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Farewell Spit

Lat Long: 40.51° S 172.76° E

Farewell Spit Photo de Surf: 'Looking along Farewell spit' par Rob Davies

Weather Forecast for Farewell Spit

Issued: 5 pm 04 Jun 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Farewell Spit sea temperature is

15.5° C

Ce qui est légèrement plus chaud que d'habitude

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

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3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	N	ESE	WSW	WSW
	11 s	on	4 s	7 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 26 November at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Farewell Spit around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	NNW	N	W	WSW
	11 s	glass	2 s	7 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 26 November at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Farewell Spit around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	NNW	NNE	W	WSW
	11 s	glass	3 s	7 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 26 November at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Farewell Spit around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	NNW		W	WSW
	10 s	glass		7 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 27 November at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Farewell Spit around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	NNW		WSW	W
	10 s	glass		10 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 27 November at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Farewell Spit around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	NW		WSW	ESE
	10 s	glass		10 s	4 s

Open ocean wave model on 27 November at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Farewell Spit around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	N	N	WSW	ESE
	9 s	glass	3 s	9 s	4 s

Open ocean wave model on 27 November at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Farewell Spit around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	NNW	N	WSW	ESE
	9 s	on	3 s	9 s	4 s

Open ocean wave model on 27 November at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Farewell Spit around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	NW	NNE	W	WSW
	8 s	cross- on	2 s	8 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 27 November at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Farewell Spit around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	NW	NNE	W	WSW
	8 s	glass	2 s	8 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 27 November at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Farewell Spit around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	WNW		WSW	W
	14 s	glass		10 s	8 s

Open ocean wave model on 27 November at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Farewell Spit around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	W		W	WSW
	13 s	glass		7 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 28 November at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Farewell Spit around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	W		W	WSW
	13 s	glass		7 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 28 November at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Farewell Spit around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	WNW		W	WSW
	10 s	cross		6 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 28 November at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Farewell Spit around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	NW	N	W	WSW
	13 s	cross- on	3 s	6 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 28 November at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Farewell Spit around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	NNW	NNE	W	WSW
	13 s	cross- on	3 s	6 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 28 November at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Farewell Spit around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	NW	WNW	WSW	W
	13 s	cross- on	2 s	13 s	6 s

Open ocean wave model on 28 November at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Farewell Spit around the time the photo was taken

Image captured 38 minutes after high water (falling ordinary tide). Tide height was 3.0m (9.8 ft). Range 4.06m (13.3 ft). Toggle tide graph

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Farewell Spit Photo de Surf: 'Looking along Farewell spit' par Rob Davies

The north side of Farewell spit generally works on wrapping SW swells that are much smaller here than on the West coast. Few surfers visit and those that do usually surf the area below the cliff at the west end. This day was just waist-high, but fun. Almost all the waves here are lefts.

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User: Rob Davies (1346 photos)

Country: New Zealand (2470 photo)

Photo taken at: 3:19 pm 27 Nov 2010