Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Fletchers Beach today (01 Oct):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 6s period with W swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 6s period with W swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 6s period with WSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Fletchers Beach at 6AM is: 0.7m 15s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 01). An open ocean swell of 1.8m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (01 Oct) | 6ft (1.9m) | 6s |
| Afternoon (01 Oct) | 7ft (2.2m) | 6s |
| Evening (01 Oct) | 6ft (1.8m) | 6s |
Table - waves today at Fletchers Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very mild (max 13°C on Fri night, min 8°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the W on Thu morning, moderate winds from the SSW by Sat morning). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 1 | Friday 2 | Saturday 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 15 | W 15 | W 15 | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | WSW 6 | W 16 | W 16 | W 16 | W 16 | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | NW 5 | W 15 | W 15 | W 14 | W 14 | W 14 | W 10 | W 10 | W 9 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 1046 | 1350 | 229 | 298 | 339 | 419 | 344 | 223 | 254 | 181 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 1070 | 1059 | 333 | 146 | 277 | 219 | 155 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore 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 | off | cross | cross | cross | cross |
High Tide | 1:22AM3.25m | 1:47PM3.20m | 2:09AM3.06m | 2:37PM3.02m | 3:04AM2.84m | 3:37PM2.84m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 7:37AM0.17m | 8:02PM0.31m | 8:25AM0.37m | 8:56PM0.50m | 9:22AM0.58m | |||||||||||||||||||
 | | |  | | | | |  | |  | | | | | | | |  |  | |  | | | |
 | — | — | 7:05 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:03 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:01 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:35 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Feels °C | 0 | -1 | -2 | -2 | -2 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 15 | W 15 | W 15 | NNW 4 | NW 5 | NW 5 | NW 4 | W 16 | W 16 | W 16 | NNW 4 | NNW 4 | — | — | — | NW 5 | NNW 4 | N 4 | NW 15 | W 14 | W 7 | W 10 | W 10 | W 9 |
| kJ | 302 | 233 | 229 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 172 | 254 | 181 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 333 | 124 | 277 | 219 | 155 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 16 | NW 16 | NW 16 | WNW 5 | W 15 | W 15 | NW 6 | W 17 | W 17 | W 17 | W 5 | WNW 5 | — | — | — | NW 16 | W 15 | NW 15 | — | W 14 | W 10 | W 14 | W 15 | W 14 |
| kJ | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | 10 | 5 | 9 | — | 4 | 141 | 103 | 104 | 148 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | W 5 | NW 16 | — | — | W 15 | NW 7 | — | — | W 16 | W 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 10 | W 14 | W 15 | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | 1 | 10 | — | — | 4 | 2 | — | — | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 146 | 4 | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 15 | W 15 | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | W 15 | W 14 | W 6 | E 3 | E 6 | E 7 | E 7 |
| kJ | 1046 | 1350 | 235 | 298 | 339 | 419 | 344 | 223 | 112 | 208 | 227 | 289 | 314 | 314 | 209 | 195 | 174 | 1070 | 1059 | 163 | 4 | 175 | 457 | 434 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 114 | 114 | 114 | 114 | 150 | 150 | 150 | 121 | 114 | 114 | 114 | 114 | 150 | 150 | 150 | 114 | 114 | 114 | 114 | 0 | 204 | 166 | 24 | 24 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Nelson - West Coast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
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