Fletchers Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.50° S 172.72° E

Fletchers Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 03 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fletchers Beach sea temperature is
13.6°C
0.2° 

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 (03 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 12s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 10s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 15s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Fletchers Beach at 4PM is: 1.7m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 1.0m 10s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Oct)4ft (1.2m)12s
Afternoon (03 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Evening (03 Oct)2ft (0.6m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 12°C on Sat morning, min 9°C on Sat afternoon). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the ESE on Sat afternoon, calm by Sun night).

Sat
3
Sunday
4
Monday
5
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
W
12
1.1
W
11
1.7
E
6
1
W
10
0.7
W
15
0.8
W
16
0.9
W
15
1
W
15
1
W
14
1
W
14
1
W
14
1
W
14
1
W
14
0.9
W
14
0.9
W
14
0.9
W
14
0.8
W
13
0.8
W
13
0.8
W
13
0.7
W
13
0.7
W
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
380
272
210
188
215
306
352
422
416
399
377
372
377
306
297
293
229
225
222
171
173
Wind (km/h)
20
SSE
30
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
10
E
5
WNW
5
SW
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
ENE
10
N
15
NW
20
WNW
20
W
Wind State
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
glassy
cross-off
cross
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
3:37PM2.84m
4:12AM2.64m
4:53PM2.70m
5:36AM2.54m
6:17PM2.69m
Low Tide
9:22AM0.58m
10:01PM0.69m
10:32AM0.75m
11:21PM0.79m
11:53AM0.81m
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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7:01
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7:00
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6:58
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7:35
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7:36
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7:37
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 mm
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1
1
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Temp °C
12
10
9
9
10
10
10
10
9
9
9
9
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
11
10
Feels °C
8
4
1
1
2
2
3
4
4
4
6
7
9
8
8
8
8
7
6
6
5
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