Fletchers Beach surf break

Fletchers Beach surfForecast / Nelson – West Coast / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 04 Dec 2025 NZDT
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Fletchers Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Fletchers Beach sea temperature is
16.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Fletchers Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Fletchers Beach at 8PM is: 2.1m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm December 04). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Dec)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Afternoon (04 Dec)6.5ft (2.0m)10s
Evening (04 Dec)6ft (1.9m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
W
1.3
W
2
W
2.2
W
1.8
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.3
N
1.3
W
0.6
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.3
W
1.6
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.4
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
Period(s) (?)91010998877171616121211111115141411111313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)25130774575948330927323920523214646999369350403110211961030432323499485
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
35
W
45
WSW
30
SW
30
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
45
W
50
W
45
W
35
W
35
W
30
W
30
W
35
W
30
W
35
W
40
W
35
W
35
W
35
W
30
W
30
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:54AM
3.32
10:16PM
3.32
10:44AM
3.44
11:07PM
3.36
11:34AM
3.50
11:57PM
3.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:08PM
0.12
4:30AM
-0.00
4:59PM
0.03
5:20AM
-0.03
5:50PM
0.00
6:09AM
0.00
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Sunrise-------5:52-------5:52-------5:52
Sunset---8:45-------8:45-------8:46----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141616161514151515161616161616161617171717171717
Feels °C (?)11107101078877810111112111211111212121213
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