Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Fergusons Beach today (28 Jul):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 11s period with W swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 11s period with WSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Fergusons Beach at 11PM is: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 28). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (28 Jul) | - | - |
| Afternoon (28 Jul) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 11s |
| Evening (28 Jul) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Fergusons Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 31mm), heaviest during Thu night. Very mild (max 14°C on Thu morning, min 9°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, near gales from the W by Fri morning). | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 28 | Wednesday 29 | Thursday 30 | |||||||||||||||||
3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | NW 7 | NW 9 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 291 | 303 | 297 | 297 | 292 | 292 | 240 | 301 | 874 | 920 | 907 | 813 | 780 | 671 | 572 | 733 | 322 | 716 | 1461 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | glassy | glassy | off | glassy | glassy | glassy | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | on | on | on | on | on | cross-on |
High Tide | 9:11PM2.61m | 9:31AM2.61m | 9:46PM2.70m | 10:06AM2.67m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 3:05PM0.48m | 3:21AM0.43m | 3:41PM0.37m | 3:56AM0.32m | 4:14PM0.27m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 7:39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 5:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:34 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
Temp °C | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 |
Feels °C | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 9 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 10 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | NW 9 |
| kJ | 291 | 303 | 297 | 297 | 292 | 292 | 240 | 236 | 874 | 920 | 907 | 813 | 780 | 671 | 572 | 733 | 322 | 326 | 1461 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 10 | W 10 | W 9 | W 9 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 15 | WSW 14 | — | NNE 4 | NE 4 | NNE 5 | NNE 5 | NNE 5 | W 18 | W 17 | W 17 | W 16 | WSW 14 |
| kJ | 8 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 50 | 174 | 301 | — | 3 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 31 | 57 | 204 | 147 | 134 | 465 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 16 | W 16 | — | W 18 | W 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 18 | W 24 | W 24 | W 21 | W 20 | W 19 |
| kJ | 20 | 20 | — | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 58 | 11 | 11 | 36 | 121 | 266 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NW 3 | WNW 3 | N 5 | — | — | — | NNE 5 | N 5 | NW 6 | NW 7 | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | 15 | — | — | — | 27 | 38 | 215 | 716 | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 102 | 102 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 102 | 155 | 203 | 203 | 85 |
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