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Fletchers Beach Surf Photo: 'High tide at Fletchers' by Rob Davies

Lat Long: 40.50° S 172.72° E

Issued: 5 am 03 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	WSW	ESE	WSW	WSW
	18 s	glass	3 s	13 s	18 s

Open ocean wave model on 16 June 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	WSW	NE	WSW	WSW
	18 s	cross- off	2 s	12 s	18 s

Open ocean wave model on 16 June 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
	17 s	off		14 s	17 s

Open ocean wave model on 16 June 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		WSW	WSW
	17 s	off		14 s	18 s

Open ocean wave model on 17 June 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		WSW	WSW
	16 s	glass		14 s	17 s

Open ocean wave model on 17 June 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		WSW	WSW
	16 s	off		13 s	16 s

Open ocean wave model on 17 June 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	SSW		WSW	NNW
	16 s	off		16 s	3 s

Open ocean wave model on 17 June 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	S		WSW	NW
	15 s	glass		15 s	19 s

Open ocean wave model on 17 June 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	NW
	15 s	glass		15 s	19 s

Open ocean wave model on 17 June 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
	15 s	glass		15 s

Open ocean wave model on 17 June 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
	15 s	glass		15 s

Open ocean wave model on 17 June 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	SE		WSW
	14 s	glass		14 s

Open ocean wave model on 18 June 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	WNW		WSW
	14 s	glass		14 s

Open ocean wave model on 18 June 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		WSW	WSW
	14 s	glass		14 s	17 s

Open ocean wave model on 18 June 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	W
	14 s	glass		14 s	16 s

Open ocean wave model on 18 June 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	WNW		WSW	WSW
	15 s	cross		14 s	16 s

Open ocean wave model on 18 June 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	WNW	WNW	WSW
	15 s	cross	2 s	15 s

Open ocean wave model on 18 June at 3 pm

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

Image captured 47 minutes after high water (falling ordinary tide). Tide height was 2.5m (8.2 ft). Range 3.72m (12.2 ft). Toggle tide graph

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Fletchers Beach Surf Photo: 'High tide at Fletchers' by Rob Davies

A nice groundswell combined with neap tides to allow us to surf right through high water at Fletchers, a break that's generally surfed at low to mid tide. Head high.

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User: Rob Davies (1346 photos)

Country: New Zealand (2470 photos)

Photo taken at: 4:12 pm 17 Jun 2017