Fergusons Beach surf break

Fergusons Beach surfForecast / Nelson – West Coast / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 25 Mar 2026 NZDT
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Fergusons Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Fergusons Beach sea temperature is
18.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Fergusons Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Fergusons Beach at 8AM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Afternoon (25 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Evening (25 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)17s

Table - waves today at Fergusons Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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0
0
0
0
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1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.5
W
0.7
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.8
N
2.5
N
3
N
3.5
N
4
N
4.5
N
4.5
N
4
N
4
NNE
3
NNE
3
NNE
3
N
2
NW
Period(s) (?)1312121212121212171615101111121212121110109910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)18316912912712712512111914725951957514582451368551605145568241933098185313171664712
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
10
WSW
10
SSW
5
SE
10
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
35
E
40
E
50
ESE
55
E
50
E
45
E
40
ENE
35
ENE
45
NE
45
NE
45
NNE
40
NNE
20
N
20
NW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:50AM
2.43
3:35PM
2.34
4:06AM
2.29
4:55PM
2.23
5:30AM
2.25
6:13PM
2.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:35PM
0.32
9:11AM
0.37
9:45PM
0.52
10:32AM
0.49
11:08PM
0.61
11:55AM
0.50
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise----7:35-------7:37-------7:37---
Sunset-------7:34-------7:32-------7:30
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light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
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heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
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rain showers
Rain (mm)
---------14915182625128222211
Temp. °C161617171717171718171615151516161718171819191918
Feels °C (?)1515161716141414141297679101212101214171817
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