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Fletchers Beach surf break

Fletchers Beach surfForecast / Nelson – West Coast / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 30 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
18.1° 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 1PM is: 0.4m 15s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Afternoon (30 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Evening (30 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
Print Table
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Mon
02
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)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.6
W
0.4
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.2
N
2.2
W
2.1
W
2
W
1.8
WSW
1.4
WSW
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.2
N
0.3
N
0.6
W
Period(s) (?)1615151515111413131313146666611111111121012
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)817468686885589012812511915368328304229139939193941118103
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
10
ENE
10
ESE
10
NE
10
NNW
30
W
35
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
40
W
45
W
55
W
55
W
50
W
50
WSW
35
WSW
20
WSW
5
SSW
10
WNW
35
W
35
W
35
W
30
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		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		offcrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:29AM
2.86
9:00PM
2.84
9:33AM
3.05
10:00PM
3.01
10:27AM
3.25
10:51PM
3.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:09AM
0.61
2:48PM
0.58
3:14AM
0.46
3:50PM
0.39
4:10AM
0.28
4:42PM
0.20
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Mon
02
Sunrise-6:33-------6:33-------6:35------
Sunset-----8:50-------8:49-------8:47--
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171616171717161515141517161716151514151616171616
Feels °C (?)1615151616121010987867668913159111011
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