Fletchers Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.50° S 172.72° E

Fletchers Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 28 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fletchers Beach sea temperature is
13.8°C
0.5° 

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


How big are the waves at Fletchers Beach today (28 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 8s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 9s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Fletchers Beach at 9PM is: 2.5m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.2m 17s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Sep)--
Afternoon (28 Sep)8ft (2.5m)8s
Evening (28 Sep)8ft (2.5m)9s

Table - waves today at Fletchers Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 13°C on Tue morning, min 8°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, near gales from the W by Thu morning).

Mon
28
Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
3
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.5
W
8
2.5
W
8
2.4
W
9
2.4
W
16
2.3
W
16
2.2
W
16
2.1
W
15
2
W
14
1.9
W
14
1.9
W
14
1.8
W
14
1.6
W
14
1.5
W
14
1.5
W
14
1.4
W
14
1.4
W
14
1.1
W
14
1.8
W
14
1.7
W
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
985
887
916
2860
2594
2285
1873
1630
1431
1431
1303
1045
932
919
801
801
496
1334
1297
Wind (km/h)
45
WSW
45
WSW
45
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
25
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
5
SSW
0
ESE
5
NNW
20
WSW
35
W
40
W
40
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
00:00AM3.42m
12:23PM3.38m
00:40AM3.37m
1:03PM3.33m
Low Tide
6:14AM-0.04m
6:33PM0.06m
6:54AM0.03m
7:15PM0.15m
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
12
12
11
11
11
11
12
13
13
13
13
11
11
11
11
12
12
11
10
Feels °C
2
2
1
3
3
3
5
8
5
7
8
7
9
10
9
7
4
3
2
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