Fletchers Beach surf break

Fletchers Beach surfForecast / Nelson – West Coast / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 28 Jan 2026 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
17.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Fletchers Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Fletchers Beach at 9PM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 20s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 28). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jan)--
Afternoon (28 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (28 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WSW
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
1.2
W
1.4
W
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
NW
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.8
W
1.4
W
Period(s) (?)141313202018181812121616161615151515141313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9892586867598951224331082817568686867589090125209575
Wind
(km/h)
25
NW
35
W
35
W
35
W
35
W
40
W
40
W
50
W
55
W
50
W
45
WSW
25
SW
5
E
25
ESE
20
ESE
5
ENE
25
WNW
35
W
30
WSW
15
WSW
5
SSE
10
NW
35
W
40
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:30PM
2.68
7:16AM
2.73
7:49PM
2.72
8:29AM
2.86
9:00PM
2.84
9:33AM
3.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:54AM
0.68
1:36PM
0.73
2:09AM
0.61
2:48PM
0.58
3:14AM
0.46
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunrise-----6:31-------6:33-------6:33--
Sunset-8:52-------8:51-------8:50------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161717161616171717171617171616161717171616161616
Feels °C (?)1212121010101098881217121315131213141615108
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