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Fletchers Beach Surf Photo: 'Waiting for the tide to drop' by Rob Davies

Lat Long: 40.50° S 172.72° E

Issued: 11 pm 02 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Fletchers Beach sea temperature is

14.6° C

Slightly warmer than usual

Fletchers Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	SW	WSW	WSW	W
	9 s	cross- off	9 s	14 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 25 July at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Fletchers Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW
	10 s	cross- off	10 s	14 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 25 July at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Fletchers Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	SW		WSW	WSW
	10 s	off		10 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 25 July at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Fletchers Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	SSW		WSW	WSW
	10 s	off		10 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 25 July at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Fletchers Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	SSW	SSW	WSW	WSW
	10 s	off	1 s	10 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 26 July at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Fletchers Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	S	SSW	WSW	WSW
	10 s	off	2 s	10 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 26 July at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Fletchers Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	NW		WSW	WSW
	13 s	glass		10 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 26 July at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Fletchers Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	W		WSW	E
	13 s	cross- off		13 s	5 s

Open ocean wave model on 26 July at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Fletchers Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	WSW		WSW	W
	13 s	cross- off		13 s	17 s

Open ocean wave model on 26 July at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Fletchers Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	WSW	WSW	E	ESE
	13 s	cross- off	13 s	5 s	4 s

Open ocean wave model on 26 July at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Fletchers Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	SW	WSW	W	ESE
	13 s	cross- off	13 s	13 s	4 s

Open ocean wave model on 26 July at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Fletchers Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	SW		WSW	WSW
	13 s	off		8 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 26 July at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Fletchers Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	SW		WSW	WSW
	13 s	off		8 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 27 July at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Fletchers Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	SW		WSW	WSW
	13 s	off		8 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 27 July at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Fletchers Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	SSW	SW	WSW	WSW
	15 s	off	1 s	8 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 27 July at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Fletchers Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	S	SSW	WSW	WSW
	14 s	cross- off	2 s	8 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 27 July at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Fletchers Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	SW		WSW	WSW
	14 s	glass		14 s	8 s

Open ocean wave model on 27 July at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Fletchers Beach around the time the photo was taken

Image captured 3 hours and one minute after high water (falling ordinary tide). Tide height was 1.6m (5.3 ft). Range 3.88m (12.7 ft). Toggle tide graph

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Fletchers Beach Surf Photo: 'Waiting for the tide to drop' by Rob Davies

The wrap makes this swell direction small at north-facing Fletchers. Only waist to chest-high here. At this size, it doesn't really work above mid-tide. On a bigger swell, breaking overhead, it only stops working about an hour either side of high tide. The usual take-off is at the big rock on the headland.

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User: Rob Davies (1346 photos)

Country: New Zealand (2470 photos)

Photo taken at: 12:30 pm 26 Jul 2014