Fergusons Beach surf break

Fergusons Beach surfForecast / Nelson – West Coast / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 01 Apr 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
18.3° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fergusons Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Fergusons Beach at 12PM is: 1.4m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.1m 9s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 01). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)14s
Afternoon (01 Apr)4ft (1.2m)14s
Evening (01 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)13s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.4
SW
0.6
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)1414141413131313131313131313131312121299121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)131811721122522514817722624499421421357269215212145133127395267129158176
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
15
ESE
15
E
10
E
10
ENE
5
E
5
SE
5
SSE
5
SE
5
S
0
S
5
NW
15
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
20
W
30
W
25
W
20
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassoffoffcross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:04AM
2.76
10:24PM
2.69
10:39AM
2.76
10:58PM
2.70
11:13AM
2.72
11:30PM
2.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:55AM
-0.00
4:15PM
-0.06
4:32AM
-0.06
4:50PM
-0.07
5:06AM
-0.05
5:24PM
-0.04
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
Sunrise--7:43-------7:43-------7:45-----
Sunset-----7:22-------7:21-------7:19--
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141414151515141313131415161514141414161717161515
Feels °C (?)111111131414131212121414141211111111131412121113
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