Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Fergusons Beach today (13 Oct):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 15s period with WSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 15s period with W swell.
The current surf forecast for Fergusons Beach at 10PM is: 1.5m 15s primary swell from a West direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 1.0m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (13 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (13 Oct) | 6ft (1.8m) | 15s |
| Evening (13 Oct) | 5ft (1.5m) | 15s |
Table - waves today at Fergusons Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 30mm), heaviest during Thu night. Very mild (max 16°C on Tue afternoon, min 8°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the W on Wed night, light winds from the WNW by Fri morning). | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 13 | Wednesday 14 | Thursday 15 | |||||||||||||||||
4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 15 | W 15 | W 15 | W 16 | W 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 15 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 13 | NNW 7 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WNW 8 | WSW 13 | W 13 | WSW 14 | W 14 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 1460 | 1154 | 1046 | 1131 | 1131 | 999 | 886 | 850 | 721 | 671 | 555 | 581 | 1077 | 983 | 461 | 1210 | 1034 | 2009 | 1504 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | on | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off |
High Tide | 00:09AM2.56m | 12:23PM2.54m | 00:47AM2.43m | 1:00PM2.41m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 6:00PM0.05m | 6:19AM0.13m | 6:36PM0.18m | 6:56AM0.28m | 7:14PM0.33m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 6:43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:43 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 7:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:49 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 |
Temp °C | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 |
Feels °C | 13 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 15 | W 15 | W 15 | W 16 | W 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 15 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 13 | NNW 7 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | WSW 13 | NNW 8 | W 13 | NW 8 | W 14 |
| kJ | 1460 | 1154 | 1046 | 1131 | 1131 | 999 | 886 | 850 | 721 | 671 | 555 | 581 | 389 | 337 | 461 | 236 | 1034 | 107 | 1504 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | — | — | — | W 19 | NE 7 | — | — | WSW 13 | W 18 | W 18 | W 16 | W 17 | NNW 8 | N 7 | NNW 8 |
| kJ | — | 78 | 77 | 60 | — | — | — | 7 | 2 | — | — | 461 | 56 | 99 | 262 | 204 | 192 | 25 | 93 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | W 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 18 | — | — | — | — | W 16 | — | N 7 |
| kJ | — | 157 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 56 | — | — | — | — | 258 | — | 23 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 8 | W 3 | NW 8 | — | NW 8 | NW 6 | NW 6 | NW 6 | NW 7 | NW 7 | NW 7 | — | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WNW 8 | WSW 13 | WSW 5 | WSW 14 | WSW 6 |
| kJ | 135 | 5 | 125 | — | 94 | 89 | 172 | 240 | 317 | 301 | 332 | — | 1077 | 983 | 447 | 1210 | 67 | 2009 | 139 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 96 | 102 | 201 | 96 | 96 | 23 | 203 | 198 | 203 | 153 | 153 | 10 | 153 | 153 | 85 | 92 | 96 | 153 | 198 |
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