Fletchers Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.50° S 172.72° E

Fletchers Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 29 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fletchers Beach sea temperature is
13.9° 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 (29 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 11s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 14s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 14s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Fletchers Beach at 8AM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Afternoon (29 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Evening (29 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 30mm), heaviest during Thu night. Very mild (max 14°C on Thu morning, min 6°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Wed morning, gales from the W by Fri afternoon).

Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
Friday
31
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
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
W
11
0.8
W
11
0.8
W
11
0.6
W
15
1
W
14
1.1
W
14
1.1
W
14
1.1
W
14
1
W
14
0.9
W
14
0.9
W
14
0.8
W
14
1.6
NNW
6
0.8
W
16
3.5
NW
8
3
WNW
9
3
NW
9
3.5
WNW
9
3.5
WNW
9
4
WNW
10
4.5
WNW
12
5
WNW
15
4.5
WNW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
144
144
141
155
411
476
456
462
383
306
302
236
181
335
1200
1547
1553
1848
2252
3088
5905
9738
7579
Wind (km/h)
5
SE
5
NW
10
WNW
15
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
20
NW
15
W
20
NW
30
NNW
35
NW
40
NNW
50
NNW
35
WNW
45
WNW
45
W
55
WNW
60
W
60
W
60
W
60
W
50
W
Wind State
glassy
glassy
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
9:52AM2.85m
10:13PM3.04m
10:29AM2.95m
10:48PM3.14m
11:05AM3.02m
Low Tide
3:47AM0.56m
4:00PM0.45m
4:25AM0.43m
4:37PM0.35m
5:01AM0.32m
5:12PM0.28m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:37
7:37
7:35
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:32
5:32
5:34
 mm
1
1
2
1
1
2
7
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
10
10
11
12
12
12
12
13
12
13
13
14
14
13
14
13
13
12
11
12
11
12
11
Feels °C
9
8
8
8
7
7
8
9
9
9
7
8
6
3
7
4
4
1
-2
-1
-2
-1
0
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