Fletchers Beach surf break

Fletchers Beach surfForecast / Nelson – West Coast / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 28 Feb 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
18.3° 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 4PM is: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Feb)3ft (0.9m)13s
Afternoon (28 Feb)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (28 Feb)3ft (0.9m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
1
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.8
WSW
1.1
W
0.1
N
0.1
N
2
WSW
1.1
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
W
1
W
0.9
WSW
0.8
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.7
WSW
0.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)14141414131313131315156678111111111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)372320320315289219166222395442821086360194247247194146866212641
Wind
(km/h)
25
ESE
25
E
15
E
10
W
10
WSW
10
S
15
WSW
35
WSW
40
W
45
W
50
W
40
WSW
20
E
40
ESE
40
SE
20
ESE
10
SE
5
NNW
25
WNW
25
W
0
W
10
NNE
15
S
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
glassoncross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:23AM
2.79
8:56PM
2.76
9:24AM
3.00
9:51PM
2.95
10:14AM
3.19
10:37PM
3.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:42PM
0.63
3:06AM
0.54
3:40PM
0.42
3:59AM
0.34
4:28PM
0.22
4:44AM
0.18
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise--------7:09-------7:09-------
Sunset---8:14-------8:12-------8:10----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------21---------
Temp. °C141415151715141516161718151211121213141616151413
Feels °C (?)991213161412997811123389119101512109
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