Fletchers Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.50° S 172.72° E

Fletchers Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 04 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fletchers Beach sea temperature is
14.1° C
0.9° 

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 (04 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Aug, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 14s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 14s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Fletchers Beach at 10PM is: 1.4m 14s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm August 04). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Aug)--
Afternoon (04 Aug)6ft (1.8m)14s
Evening (04 Aug)4.5ft (1.4m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Very mild (max 11°C on Tue afternoon, min 7°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu morning, fresh winds from the NW by Fri morning).

Tue
4
Wednesday
5
Thursday
6
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
2
3
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.8
W
14
1.6
W
14
1.4
W
14
1.3
W
14
1.1
W
14
1
W
13
0.9
W
13
0.8
W
13
0.7
W
13
0.7
W
13
0.6
W
13
0.6
W
15
0.4
WSW
12
0.3
WSW
12
0.4
WSW
14
0.4
WSW
14
0.2
W
21
0.2
W
21
0.2
W
20
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1340
1030
790
684
476
356
280
215
166
166
121
155
50
29
66
62
34
33
30
Wind (km/h)
30
ESE
35
SE
25
SE
5
SE
10
NE
15
ENE
15
E
10
ENE
10
N
10
W
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
5
S
5
SW
5
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
20
W
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
off
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
1:51AM3.04m
2:19PM2.89m
2:40AM2.91m
3:13PM2.79m
Low Tide
7:43PM0.43m
8:11AM0.39m
8:31PM0.55m
9:01AM0.52m
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:31
7:30
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:37
5:38
5:39
 mm
1
Temp °C
10
11
9
8
9
8
8
8
9
10
9
8
7
7
7
8
9
9
9
Feels °C
2
2
2
4
5
3
3
4
6
6
5
4
4
5
5
6
4
4
4
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