Fletchers Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.50° S 172.72° E

Fletchers Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 01 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fletchers Beach sea temperature is
13.9°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 (01 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 14s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 14s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Fletchers Beach at 9PM is: 2.5m 14s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Sep)--
Afternoon (01 Sep)10ft (3.0m)14s
Evening (01 Sep)8ft (2.5m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 18mm), heaviest on Thu night. Very mild (max 15°C on Thu night, min 11°C on Tue afternoon). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the WNW on Thu afternoon, near gales from the W by Fri morning).

Tue
1
Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
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
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
W
14
2.5
W
14
2.5
W
14
2.5
W
14
2.4
W
14
2.3
W
14
2.4
W
17
2.3
W
17
2.1
W
14
2
W
15
1.8
W
16
0.9
W
15
1.7
WNW
15
0.7
W
15
1.7
WNW
6
0.6
W
14
1.7
WNW
6
0.7
W
15
0.9
W
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2985
2817
2796
2737
2166
2019
3443
3128
1822
1865
1545
381
1346
209
213
144
220
227
347
Wind (km/h)
50
WSW
50
WSW
50
WSW
50
W
50
WSW
50
WSW
50
WSW
45
WSW
40
W
40
W
40
W
40
WNW
40
WNW
35
WNW
35
NW
35
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
30
NW
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
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
00:43AM3.23m
1:07PM3.11m
1:26AM3.07m
1:53PM2.97m
Low Tide
6:36PM0.21m
6:59AM0.20m
7:19PM0.35m
7:43AM0.36m
8:08PM0.52m
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:52
6:50
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:05
6:06
6:07
 mm
1
2
1
1
1
Temp °C
11
11
12
12
12
12
12
13
13
13
13
13
13
14
14
14
14
14
14
Feels °C
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
3
5
5
6
6
6
8
8
8
9
10
10
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