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Fletchers Beach Surf Photo: 'Cave 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
	NNW	NNE	N	WNW	WSW
	9 s	on	9 s	10 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 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
	NNW	ESE	NNE	WSW	NW
	9 s	cross	9 s	13 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 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
	N	ESE	ESE	N	NW
	9 s	cross	7 s	9 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 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
	ENE	SE	ESE	WSW	N
	9 s	cross- off	8 s	13 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 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	SSE	ESE	WSW	NW
	13 s	cross- off	9 s	13 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 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	SE	ESE	WSW	ESE
	13 s	cross- off	8 s	13 s	8 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 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	SE	ESE	WSW	E
	13 s	cross- off	7 s	13 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 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	ESE	ESE	WSW	E
	12 s	cross	7 s	12 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 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	ESE	ESE	WSW	E
	12 s	cross	7 s	12 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 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	E	ESE	WSW	E
	12 s	cross	7 s	12 s	6 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 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	ESE	E	WSW	N
	12 s	cross	6 s	12 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 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	ESE	ESE	WSW	E
	12 s	cross	7 s	12 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 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	SE	ESE	WSW	E
	11 s	cross- off	7 s	11 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 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	SE	SSW	WSW	E
	11 s	cross- off	2 s	11 s	6 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 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	ESE	ESE	WSW	E
	11 s	cross	6 s	11 s	6 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 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	ESE		WSW	E
	11 s	glass		11 s	6 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 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	E		WSW	E
	11 s	glass		12 s	6 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 June at 3 pm

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

Image captured 2 hours and 34 minutes after low water (rising ordinary tide). Tide height was 1.4m (4.5 ft). Range 3.68m (12.1 ft). Toggle tide graph

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Fletchers Beach Surf Photo: 'Cave at Fletchers' by Rob Davies

From the 50m wide cave at Fletchers, home to many Fur seals and their pups. Mostly head-high surf but a bit choppy/lumpy considering the strong offshore wind. I think the easterly of the night before had whipped up a residual local swell. Improved a lot after mid-tide (incoming) but it was getting dark then.

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User: Rob Davies (1346 photos)

Country: New Zealand (2470 photos)

Photo taken at: 4:13 pm 5 Jun 2013