Surf Forecasts:
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) & Date | Wave Height | Wave 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 ForecastLight 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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 8 | W 15 | W 15 | W 15 | W 15 | W 15 | W 16 | W 16 | W 16 | W 16 | W 16 | W 16 | W 16 | W 16 | W 16 | W 16 | W 16 | W 15 | W 15 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 552 | 2469 | 791 | 2043 | 2016 | 2269 | 2594 | 2891 | 2928 | 2928 | 2689 | 2429 | 2214 | 1983 | 1767 | 1546 | 1701 | 2012 | 730 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | 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 | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:16 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 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 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 14 | ESE 4 | W 15 | ESE 4 | W 15 | W 15 | W 16 | W 16 | W 16 | W 16 | W 16 | W 16 | W 16 | W 16 | W 16 | W 16 | W 15 | WNW 16 | W 15 |
| kJ | 315 | 4 | 791 | 2 | 559 | 2269 | 2594 | 2891 | 2928 | 2928 | 2689 | 2429 | 2214 | 1983 | 1767 | 1546 | 906 | 24 | 730 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 17 | WNW 10 | ESE 5 | ESE 4 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | W 10 | E 6 | ENE 4 | ENE 4 | NW 16 | E 5 | E 5 | E 4 | WNW 3 | — | — | — | WNW 15 |
| kJ | 147 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 299 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 133 | 47 | 18 | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | 23 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 17 | NW 14 | WNW 15 | E 4 | — | NW 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 97 | 8 | 23 | 1 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 8 | W 15 | W 10 | W 15 | W 15 | W 9 | — | ESE 6 | E 5 | ENE 4 | E 5 | — | — | WNW 3 | — | — | W 16 | W 15 | WSW 5 |
| kJ | 552 | 2469 | 529 | 2043 | 2016 | 357 | — | 95 | 47 | 18 | 29 | — | — | 3 | — | — | 1701 | 2012 | 91 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 193 | 150 | 150 | 197 | 218 | 218 | 95 | 4 | 179 | 172 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 114 | 114 | 114 | 150 | 95 | 150 |
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