Fergusons Beach surf break

Fergusons Beach surfForecast / Nelson – West Coast / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 05 Mar 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 normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fergusons Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Fergusons Beach at 10AM is: 1.0m 15s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)15s
Afternoon (05 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)14s
Evening (05 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.9
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.6
WSW
2.4
WSW
1.9
WSW
2
WSW
2.1
WSW
Period(s) (?)1616151514141414141313666661515151515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6205964594411158132112401083994965105820923923921722945654379511682427151916801850
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
35
WSW
35
W
40
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
45
W
45
W
45
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
25
SW
15
SW
10
SW
15
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:43AM
2.82
12:02AM
2.70
12:18PM
2.71
12:36AM
2.60
12:53PM
2.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:35AM
-0.15
5:55PM
-0.14
6:10AM
-0.08
6:30PM
-0.05
6:44AM
0.03
7:05PM
0.09
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
Sunrise--7:13-------7:15-------7:16-----
Sunset-----8:07-------8:05-------8:04--
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
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. °C131315161716141413131618181716161616181919181717
Feels °C (?)99101011977658101099101213171717151516
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