Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Fletchers Beach today (08 Aug):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 8s period with NW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Aug, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 8s period with NW swell.
The current surf forecast for Fletchers Beach at 11PM is: 3.0m 9s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.7m 18s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.6m 18s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm August 08). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (08 Aug) | - | - |
| Afternoon (08 Aug) | 5ft (1.6m) | 8s |
| Evening (08 Aug) | 5.5ft (1.7m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Fletchers Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 32mm), heaviest during Sat night. Very mild (max 13°C on Sat afternoon, min 11°C on Sat night). Mainly strong winds. | |||||||||||||||||||
Sat 8 | Sunday 9 | Monday 10 | |||||||||||||||||
3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NNW 9 | NNW 10 | NNW 9 | NNW 9 | NNW 9 | NNW 10 | NNW 10 | NNW 10 | NNW 10 | NNW 9 | W 16 | W 16 | W 15 | W 15 | W 14 | W 14 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 314 | 439 | 382 | 1294 | 1536 | 856 | 865 | 757 | 752 | 563 | 445 | 383 | 266 | 402 | 387 | 357 | 940 | 932 | 264 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-off | 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 | off |
High Tide | 5:35PM2.70m | 6:09AM2.68m | 6:51PM2.81m | 7:24AM2.80m | 7:59PM3.00m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:56PM0.76m | 12:31PM0.65m | 1:12AM0.63m | 1:40PM0.51m | |||||||||||||||
 |  | |  |  | |  |  | |  |  | |  | | | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 7:26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:24 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 5:42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:44 | — | — |
mm | — | 1 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 |
Feels °C | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 8 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 8 | W 18 | NW 8 | W 18 | NNW 10 | NNE 7 | NNW 9 | NNW 9 | NNW 10 | NNW 10 | NNW 10 | NNW 10 | NNW 9 | NNW 9 | NNW 9 | NNW 9 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | W 14 |
| kJ | 314 | 221 | 382 | 315 | 1536 | 142 | 865 | 757 | 752 | 563 | 445 | 383 | 266 | 211 | 173 | 129 | 96 | 73 | 264 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 18 | NW 18 | W 18 | W 14 | W 19 | W 15 | W 14 | W 14 | W 14 | W 14 | W 17 | W 16 | W 16 | W 16 | W 16 | W 15 | WNW 15 | NW 5 | NNW 8 |
| kJ | 99 | 13 | 221 | 36 | 184 | 157 | 103 | 148 | 144 | 134 | 265 | 325 | 249 | 402 | 387 | 357 | 21 | 9 | 70 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 12 | — | — | — | W 14 | W 19 | W 18 | W 18 | W 18 | W 18 | W 13 | WSW 13 | W 13 | — | — | — | — | WNW 15 | W 24 |
| kJ | 12 | — | — | — | 102 | 113 | 154 | 154 | 155 | 154 | 30 | 53 | 86 | — | — | — | — | 21 | 11 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | NW 8 | NNE 5 | NNW 9 | — | NNW 9 | — | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 8 | W 8 | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 | W 15 | W 14 | W 7 |
| kJ | — | 439 | 93 | 1294 | — | 856 | — | 129 | 184 | 262 | 225 | 190 | 159 | 150 | 128 | 107 | 940 | 932 | 92 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 121 | 114 | 114 | 114 | 114 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 92 | 92 | 93 | 93 | 93 | 166 | 94 | 0 |
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