Fletchers Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.50° S 172.72° E

Fletchers Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 29 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fletchers Beach sea temperature is
14.7°C
0.5° 

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 (30 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 8s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 8s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Fletchers Beach at 12AM is: 3.0m 8s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Oct)--
Afternoon (30 Oct)10ft (3.0m)8s
Evening (30 Oct)10ft (3.0m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Very mild (max 13°C on Thu afternoon, min 10°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the WSW on Fri afternoon, light winds from the SSE by Sat morning).

Thu
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
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)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
4
3
4
4
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
W
8
3
W
8
3
W
8
3
W
9
3
W
9
3
W
14
3
W
14
3
W
8
3.5
W
9
4
W
11
3.5
W
12
3
W
13
3
W
13
2.5
W
13
2.4
W
13
2.2
W
14
2
W
14
1.9
W
14
1.7
W
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1014
1034
1085
1221
1397
3104
3924
1385
2379
3630
3587
2982
2764
2384
2001
1755
1451
1309
1048
Wind (km/h)
55
WSW
50
WSW
50
WSW
50
WSW
50
WSW
45
WSW
55
W
55
WSW
60
WSW
60
WSW
40
SW
25
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
10
ESE
5
SSE
10
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
1:09AM3.23m
1:34PM3.27m
2:00AM3.05m
2:28PM3.10m
Low Tide
7:22AM0.16m
7:53PM0.26m
8:14AM0.34m
8:50PM0.43m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
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6:18
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Temp °C
13
12
12
11
12
12
12
13
13
12
11
10
11
11
11
11
12
12
11
Feels °C
2
1
1
0
1
2
1
2
1
-1
2
3
5
6
7
8
8
7
7
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