Fletchers Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.50° S 172.72° E

Fletchers Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 08 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fletchers Beach sea temperature is
13.9°C
0.8° 

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 (09 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 11s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 11s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 11s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Fletchers Beach at 1AM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Afternoon (09 Sep)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (09 Sep)3ft (0.9m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 15mm), heaviest on Thu night. Very mild (max 12°C on Wed afternoon, min 7°C on Thu night). Mainly strong winds.

Tue
8
Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
W
12
0.8
W
12
0.8
W
12
0.8
W
10
0.5
W
12
0.5
W
12
0.8
W
11
0.9
W
11
0.9
W
11
1.2
W
11
0.9
W
11
1.4
W
18
1.4
W
11
1.3
W
11
0.6
W
17
1
W
16
1
W
16
0.9
W
20
1.6
W
19
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
251
184
187
133
72
69
151
188
198
357
195
1204
457
382
195
513
501
618
1870
Wind (km/h)
15
WNW
5
NE
15
E
20
E
25
E
25
ESE
15
ESE
5
NNW
25
WNW
30
W
35
W
40
W
40
W
35
W
35
WNW
20
S
25
WSW
15
E
20
ESE
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
off
cross-off
cross
cross
High Tide
7:50PM2.99m
8:19AM2.95m
8:43PM3.20m
9:09AM3.14m
Low Tide
2:08AM0.41m
2:28PM0.34m
2:59AM0.19m
3:16PM0.16m
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:41
6:39
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:10
6:12
6:13
 mm
1
3
1
3
5
Temp °C
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
12
12
11
12
12
12
12
12
12
9
8
Feels °C
8
9
7
6
5
6
7
9
6
5
4
4
3
5
5
8
6
5
3
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