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Fergusons Beach

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Fergusons Beach

5:08 pm 20 Nov 2010


Fergusons Beach ratings
Quality on a good day: 2.0
Consistency of surf: 3.0
Difficulty level: 4.0
Crowds: 4.0

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Fergusons Beach Surf Forecast / New Zealand

6 Day Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 17 pm Monday 04 Jun 2012

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

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Energy
Swell Map See all maps
Largest waves (m) & direction (?) 1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.2
WSW
0.9
WSW
4.0
NNW
3.5
NNW
2.0
WSW
2.5
NW
1.7
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2.3
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3.5
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3.0
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2.5
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2.2
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1.8
WSW
Period (s) (?) 13 13 13 13 10 11 18 13 16 11 14 14 8 14 14 14 14 14
Surfscale
Wave
Graph

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Max-energy 812 722 451 309 3087 2924 2544 2422 1524 1300 2515 742 1497 3438 3151 2412 1683 1336
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW 10
WNW 30
N 45
NNE 40
NW 20
NNW 30
E 20
SSE 35
SW 5
NE 15
WNW 35
W 40
SW 30
WSW 25
WSW 25
WSW 25
WSW 20
WSW
Wind State (?) cross-
on
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cross cross cross cross cross cross
Key to wind character - offshore winds at Fergusons Beach blow from the SE
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
High Tide
/ height (m)

9:27PM
3.02
9:56AM
3.01

10:18PM
3.06
10:50AM
2.99

11:10PM
3.03
11:43AM
2.90

12:01AM
2.93

12:35PM
2.77
12:52AM
2.78

1:26PM
2.61
1:45AM
2.61

Low Tide
/ height (m)


3:40AM
-0.32
4:07PM
-0.24

4:33AM
-0.30
4:59PM
-0.18

5:25AM
-0.21
5:50PM
-0.07

6:18AM
-0.06

6:41PM
0.08
7:11AM
0.11

7:32PM
0.26
8:05AM
0.30
 

Note: the tide data above is for Whanganui Inlet, New Zealand which is 3 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Fergusons Beach. New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph.

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Today's Fergusons Beach sea temperature is 14.9 °C (Statistics for 04 Jun 1981-2005 - mean: 14.6 max: 15.9 min: 13.5 °C)

Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Heavy rain (total 36mm), heaviest during Tue afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 17°C on Tue night, min 11°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Mon afternoon, near gales from the N by Tue afternoon). Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 14°C on Fri morning, min 11°C on Thu afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the NE on Thu afternoon, strong winds from the SW by Fri afternoon).
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Summary some clouds some clouds rain shwrs heavy rain rain shwrs clear rain shwrs rain shwrs clear rain shwrs rain shwrs some clouds rain shwrs some clouds clear some clouds clear clear
Rain (mm) - - 1 19 6 - 2 8 - 1 1 - 1 - - - - -
High °C 13 14 15 15 17 16 13 13 12 12 12 14 13 12 13 13 13 13
Low °C 13 13 15 14 16 15 12 11 12 11 11 13 12 11 11 13 12 12
Chill °C (?) 12 13 13 12 15 15 10 10 9 12 9 11 10 9 11 11 11 11
Sunrise - - 7:46 - - 7:47 - - 7:47 - - 7:48 - - 7:48 - - 7:48
Sunset 17:09 - - 17:08 - - 17:08 - - 17:08 - - 17:08 - - 17:08 - -
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