Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Fletchers Beach today (10 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 16s period with W swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 19s period with W swell.
The current surf forecast for Fletchers Beach at 10PM is: 1.8m 19s primary swell from a West direction and 1.3m 10s secondary swell from a West direction, 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (10 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (10 Sep) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 16s |
| Evening (10 Sep) | 5ft (1.6m) | 19s |
Table - waves today at Fletchers Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 13°C on Thu afternoon, min 9°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Thu night, near gales from the WSW by Fri afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||||
Thu 10 | Friday 11 | Saturday 12 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 16 | W 20 | W 19 | W 19 | W 19 | W 19 | W 18 | W 18 | W 18 | W 18 | W 17 | W 17 | W 16 | W 16 | W 16 | W 16 | W 16 | W 16 | W 16 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 501 | 618 | 1870 | 3361 | 3666 | 4240 | 4015 | 4877 | 5491 | 5428 | 1901 | 1417 | 1172 | 1469 | 4279 | 3990 | 4039 | 4402 | 3897 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | cross | cross | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 9:29PM3.37m | 9:52AM3.28m | 10:10PM3.46m | 10:32AM3.35m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 3:43AM0.03m | 3:59PM0.04m | 4:24AM-0.06m | 4:39PM-0.00m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:35 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 6:13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:15 | — |
mm | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 13 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 |
Feels °C | 9 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 6 | W 8 | W 19 | W 19 | W 19 | W 19 | W 18 | WNW 18 | WNW 18 | WNW 18 | W 17 | W 17 | W 16 | W 16 | W 16 | W 16 | W 16 | WNW 16 | WNW 17 |
| kJ | 136 | 266 | 1870 | 3361 | 3666 | 4240 | 4015 | 128 | 124 | 121 | 1901 | 1417 | 1172 | 1469 | 4279 | 3990 | 2770 | 179 | 109 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 16 | W 16 | W 10 | ESE 7 | ESE 6 | E 5 | E 4 | E 4 | — | — | NW 6 | NW 17 | NW 16 | NW 16 | — | — | — | — | NW 6 |
| kJ | 501 | 597 | 307 | 152 | 43 | 20 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 13 | 75 | 69 | 68 | — | — | — | — | 8 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 20 | W 20 | NW 11 | WNW 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 396 | 618 | 4 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | E 3 | E 6 | — | — | — | W 3 | W 18 | W 18 | W 18 | W 8 | W 9 | W 9 | W 11 | — | — | W 16 | W 16 | W 16 |
| kJ | — | 5 | 114 | — | — | — | 8 | 4877 | 5491 | 5428 | 634 | 707 | 904 | 1174 | — | — | 4039 | 4402 | 3897 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 114 | 150 | 149 | 150 | 114 | 114 | 185 | 190 | 150 | 171 | 150 | 3 | 185 | 150 | 150 |
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