Fletchers Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.50° S 172.72° E

Fletchers Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 15 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fletchers Beach sea temperature is
13.7°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 (15 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 15s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 12s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 14s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Fletchers Beach at 4PM is: 0.1m 12s primary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 15). An open ocean swell of 1.9m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Sep)3ft (0.9m)15s
Afternoon (15 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)12s
Evening (15 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 19mm), heaviest on Wed night. Very mild (max 14°C on Wed night, min 9°C on Thu night). Mainly strong winds.

Tue
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
W
15
0.8
W
14
0.1
N
12
0.1
NW
14
0.1
W
14
0.1
N
12
0.1
W
20
1.1
W
13
0.6
W
13
0.6
W
13
0.6
W
13
0.8
W
12
1.5
WNW
11
1.3
W
11
2.2
NW
8
2.4
NW
9
2.4
WNW
9
2.1
W
14
2.5
W
13
2.5
W
9
2.5
W
17
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
343
264
3
8
4
3
8
413
125
123
117
180
560
379
624
942
815
1647
2570
1112
3564
Wind (km/h)
10
WSW
35
WSW
50
W
50
W
45
W
45
W
40
W
35
W
35
W
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
NW
30
NNW
35
NNW
45
NNW
35
W
40
WSW
45
WSW
50
WSW
50
WSW
40
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
12:22PM3.17m
00:38AM3.07m
12:59PM3.00m
1:15AM2.86m
1:38PM2.80m
Low Tide
6:14AM0.16m
6:32PM0.31m
6:50AM0.36m
7:11PM0.51m
7:28AM0.58m
7:53PM0.73m
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:31
6:28
6:26
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:17
6:19
6:20
 mm
1
2
12
4
Temp °C
10
12
12
12
11
11
12
12
13
13
13
13
14
13
13
12
11
12
11
10
10
Feels °C
7
5
2
2
2
2
4
5
6
6
6
7
8
6
5
6
2
2
0
-1
1
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