Fergusons Beach surf break

Fergusons Beach surfForecast / Nelson – West Coast / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 15 Oct 2025 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
14.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Fergusons Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Fergusons Beach at 1AM is: 1.4m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 24s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.1m 20s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)22s
Afternoon (16 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)21s
Evening (16 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)20s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
4
4
3
!
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
W
1.6
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.4
W
1.6
W
0.7
W
0.9
W
1.8
W
0.8
W
1
W
1.1
W
2.1
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.3
WSW
2
W
1.9
W
1.7
WSW
2.2
W
Period(s) (?)111111111022221021202013131418171716161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8625933344325434617346025647619021401170018564725486847013709274624912011178814742280
Wind
(km/h)
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
35
W
40
WSW
35
WSW
15
S
10
ENE
5
N
10
W
20
W
25
W
30
W
30
W
25
WSW
20
W
20
W
20
WNW
20
NW
25
NW
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-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:56PM
2.27
6:33AM
2.22
7:04PM
2.34
7:34AM
2.29
7:59PM
2.43
8:23AM
2.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:18AM
0.53
12:48PM
0.60
1:21AM
0.46
1:46PM
0.49
2:12AM
0.37
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise-----6:41-------6:39-------6:37--
Sunset-7:49-------7:50-------7:51------
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C131311111212131415131011101011131312111111131314
Feels °C (?)565675677578976766567999
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Nelson - West Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Fergusons Beach (calm at Collingwood 6 km from Fergusons Beach). 1.6m 9s swell from the W with a 0.4m 11s groundswell from the WSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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5 km/h
WSW
Clean
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