Fletchers Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.50° S 172.72° E

Fletchers Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 05 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 (05 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 13s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 13s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 13s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Fletchers Beach at 10AM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 17s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am August 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Aug)3ft (0.9m)13s
Afternoon (05 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Evening (05 Aug)2ft (0.6m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 18mm), heaviest on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 13°C on Fri night, min 7°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (calm on Thu morning, strong winds from the NW by Fri night).

Wednesday
5
Thursday
6
Friday
7
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)
2
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
W
14
1
W
13
0.9
W
13
0.8
W
13
0.7
W
13
0.6
W
13
0.6
W
13
0.6
W
15
0.5
W
12
0.3
WSW
12
0.4
WSW
14
0.4
W
14
0.4
WSW
13
0.2
W
21
0.2
W
20
0.2
W
19
0.2
W
19
0.3
W
12
0.8
WNW
9
1.1
WNW
9
1.5
WNW
11
1.9
NW
10
2
NW
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
476
356
280
215
166
123
121
155
76
29
66
58
58
33
30
29
28
27
84
217
513
665
708
Wind (km/h)
10
SW
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
10
NNE
5
N
5
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
NW
15
W
20
W
20
WSW
15
W
15
WSW
20
WNW
20
NW
30
NNW
30
NW
25
NW
25
NW
Wind State
off
cross
cross
cross
on
on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
1:51AM3.04m
2:19PM2.89m
2:40AM2.91m
3:13PM2.79m
3:38AM2.77m
4:18PM2.71m
Low Tide
8:11AM0.39m
8:31PM0.55m
9:01AM0.52m
9:28PM0.68m
10:02AM0.64m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:31
7:30
7:28
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:38
5:39
5:40
 mm
1
4
4
Temp °C
9
8
7
8
9
10
10
9
8
7
7
8
9
9
9
9
9
11
11
11
11
11
12
Feels °C
5
3
1
4
5
7
7
5
4
4
5
6
4
3
4
5
5
6
5
5
5
6
7
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