Fletchers Beach surf break

Fletchers Beach surfForecast / Nelson – West Coast / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 26 Oct 2025 NZDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
14.1° 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 10AM is: 2.0m 6s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Oct)6ft (1.9m)6s
Afternoon (26 Oct)7ft (2.1m)7s
Evening (26 Oct)7.5ft (2.3m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
26
Monday
27
Tuesday
28
Wed
29
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
W
1.8
W
2
W
2.1
W
2.1
W
2.3
W
2.3
W
2.1
W
2.2
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.9
NW
2.4
NW
3.5
NNW
4
NW
4
NW
3.5
NW
2.4
NNW
2.1
NNW
2
W
2.4
W
3.5
W
4
W
3
W
3
W
Period(s) (?)6666777777678910101010111010121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2612443123693964885474784232723035261566257031712610108680492412542223437124161959
Wind
(km/h)
35
WSW
40
W
45
W
45
W
45
WNW
45
W
45
W
45
WNW
40
WNW
40
WNW
40
NW
40
NNW
65
NNW
65
NW
45
W
45
WSW
45
WSW
35
WSW
50
WSW
50
WSW
55
WSW
60
WSW
40
SW
55
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:07AM
2.88
1:27PM
2.91
1:44AM
2.74
2:07PM
2.76
2:27AM
2.59
2:55PM
2.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:18AM
0.52
7:42PM
0.64
7:56AM
0.67
8:24PM
0.78
8:41AM
0.81
9:15PM
0.90
Sunday
26
Monday
27
Tuesday
28
Wed
29
Sunrise-6:26-------6:24-------6:22------
Sunset-----8:00-------8:00-------8:01--
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--1-------24622---------
Temp. °C131213131313131313141314151713121111101010111111
Feels °C (?)534444445767464312-1-2-3-22-1
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Nelson - West Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Fletchers Beach (fresh winds from the W at FarewellSpitAws 25 km from Fletchers Beach). A 2.2m swell from the W

    Fletchers Beach
Expand
<
>
View all

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Fletchers Beach surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest
Nearest
Nearest