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Fergusons Beach surf break

Fergusons Beach surfForecast / Nelson – West Coast / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 11 Jan 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
18.5° 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 9AM is: 1.8m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 0.7m 14s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)6ft (1.8m)9s
Afternoon (11 Jan)8ft (2.5m)10s
Evening (11 Jan)10ft (3.0m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wed
14
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
0
0
0
4
4
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WSW
1.7
W
1.8
W
2.3
W
2.5
W
3
W
3
W
4
WNW
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
1.5
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.6
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.2
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)1414991011121111111111111112121111111010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)437114348786513331898263137763450257418141730158416336148578667646229011152973820692
Wind
(km/h)
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
30
WNW
35
WNW
40
NW
50
W
40
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
15
S
5
SE
5
SW
10
SW
25
WSW
30
WSW
40
W
40
W
40
WSW
35
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		glasscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:13AM
2.20
4:44PM
2.21
5:10AM
2.13
5:44PM
2.16
6:12AM
2.12
6:44PM
2.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:26AM
0.64
10:56PM
0.67
11:27AM
0.74
11:55PM
0.76
12:30PM
0.79
12:58AM
0.79
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wed
14
Sunrise-6:11-------6:11-------6:13------
Sunset-----9:01-------9:01-------9:01--
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------33---------------
Temp. °C171819192019191716151718171715141413151617161515
Feels °C (?)151617161714149981110991213131110910888
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