Fergusons Beach Surf Forecast

/ Nelson – West Coast (6 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (40.56° S 172.57° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Fergusons Beach surfForecast / Nelson – West Coast / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Monday 15 Sep 2025 NZST

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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 13.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Fergusons Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Fergusons Beach at 7PM is: 2.5m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (15 Sep)	10ft (3.0m)	13s
Evening (15 Sep)	8ft (2.5m)	13s

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

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	Monday 15			Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	WSW	W	WNW	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	8	8	8	13	13	13	13	17	13	13	15	14	8	10	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	2750	2477	2258	2224	785	566	494	1631	1687	1568	1592	1879	1421	1318	1434	2918	1128	1991	2840	3713	4921	3897	2496	2289
Wind (km/h)	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	W	WSW	WSW	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	W	WSW	WSW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		3:49PM 2.24				4:36AM 2.21				5:12PM 2.24				5:52AM 2.23					6:25PM 2.33				6:57AM 2.32
Low Tide / height (m)				10:14PM 0.55				10:51AM 0.67				11:35PM 0.54					12:09PM 0.60				12:43AM 0.44

	Monday 15			Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-
Sunset	-	6:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	9	1	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	13
Feels °C (?)	4	5	6	6	6	7	9	9	9	8	7	8	8	11	9	7	6	6	6	6	8	7	4	5

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Nelson - West Coast

Wind Update Cross-shore wind at Wharariki Beach have swung cross-off (strong winds from the W at FarewellSpitAws 28 km from Wharariki Beach). 2.5m 7s swell from the W which is too big for here.
39 minutes ago Wharariki Beach

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37 km away, 39 min ago

43 km/h

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13.7

Air / Water (°C)

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