Fletchers Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.50° S 172.72° E

Fletchers Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 06 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fletchers Beach sea temperature is
14.0°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 (06 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 17s period with WNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Sep, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 17s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 16s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Fletchers Beach at 4PM is: 1.9m 16s primary swell from a West direction and 3.0m 7s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)10ft (3.0m)17s
Afternoon (06 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)17s
Evening (06 Sep)11ft (3.5m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 50mm), heaviest during Sun night. Very mild (max 14°C on Sun morning, min 9°C on Mon morning). Winds decreasing (gales from the ESE on Sun night, light winds from the W by Mon night).

Sun
6
Monday
7
Tuesday
8
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)
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
WNW
17
2.4
W
17
2
W
17
1.7
W
16
3.5
WNW
16
1.6
W
16
1.5
W
16
1.3
W
16
1.2
W
15
1.2
W
15
1.1
W
14
0.9
W
14
0.9
W
14
1.2
W
14
1.1
W
13
1
W
13
0.9
W
13
0.9
W
13
0.9
W
12
0.9
W
12
0.9
W
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
4461
3270
2161
1511
6043
1269
1087
806
661
614
503
333
324
565
420
340
272
268
251
232
220
Wind (km/h)
40
NW
40
NW
55
NNW
45
NW
40
WNW
25
NW
20
ENE
65
ESE
65
SE
65
SE
55
SE
45
SE
40
SE
25
ESE
15
SE
5
W
15
WNW
15
SSW
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSW
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
5:25PM2.66m
6:06AM2.60m
6:45PM2.79m
7:20AM2.75m
7:50PM2.99m
Low Tide
11:02AM0.80m
11:50PM0.79m
12:23PM0.73m
1:07AM0.63m
1:32PM0.55m
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light rain
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light rain
light rain
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light rain
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cloud
cloud
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light rain
part cloud
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:46
6:43
6:41
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:08
6:09
6:10
 mm
1
5
4
6
6
7
15
3
1
1
1
Temp °C
14
14
13
14
14
14
14
10
10
9
9
9
10
10
10
9
10
11
11
11
11
Feels °C
7
7
3
6
8
11
12
-3
-3
-5
-3
-2
1
3
6
7
7
7
9
9
9
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