Fletchers Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.50° S 172.72° E

Fletchers Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 22 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fletchers Beach sea temperature is
13.8°C
0.6° 

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 (22 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Sep, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 8s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 15s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Fletchers Beach at 11PM is: 2.1m 15s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 22). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 4s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Sep)--
Afternoon (22 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)8s
Evening (22 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Very mild (max 13°C on Tue afternoon, min 7°C on Wed night). Mainly strong winds.

Tue
22
Wednesday
23
Thursday
24
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
1
1
2
2
2
3
2
1
4
4
3
2
3
2
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2
W
8
2.3
W
15
1.3
W
15
2.1
W
15
2.1
W
15
2.2
W
15
2.3
W
16
2.4
W
16
2.4
W
16
2.4
W
16
2.3
W
16
2.2
W
16
2.1
W
16
2
W
16
1.9
W
16
1.8
W
16
1.9
W
16
2.1
W
15
1.3
W
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
552
2469
791
2043
2016
2269
2594
2891
2928
2928
2689
2429
2214
1983
1767
1546
1701
2012
730
Wind (km/h)
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
25
SW
25
WSW
10
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
SE
10
SE
5
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
30
W
40
W
40
WSW
35
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
7:06PM2.55m
7:33AM2.54m
7:54PM2.75m
8:17AM2.75m
8:35PM2.96m
Low Tide
1:23AM0.86m
1:40PM0.77m
2:09AM0.63m
2:23PM0.56m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:16
6:16
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:24
6:25
6:27
 mm
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
13
12
11
11
11
10
10
10
9
8
8
7
7
9
9
11
11
11
10
Feels °C
4
3
3
2
3
3
3
6
5
3
5
4
5
4
4
3
2
2
2
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