Fletchers Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.50° S 172.72° E

Fletchers Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 27 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fletchers Beach sea temperature is
13.7°C
0.7° 

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 (27 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Aug, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 10s period with WNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 10s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 9s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Fletchers Beach at 11AM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a West direction, 1.0m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am August 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Aug)4ft (1.2m)10s
Afternoon (27 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Evening (27 Aug)5ft (1.6m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 14°C on Thu night, min 11°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the SE on Thu afternoon, near gales from the NNW by Fri afternoon).

Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
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
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
WNW
8
1.4
WNW
8
1.2
WNW
10
1.2
W
10
1.1
WNW
10
1.3
WNW
8
1.6
WNW
9
2.1
NW
10
2.5
NW
10
3
NNW
10
4
NNW
10
4
NNW
10
4
NNW
10
3
NNW
10
2.5
NW
9
2.2
NNW
9
2.1
NW
9
1.5
NNW
9
1.3
W
9
1.4
W
11
1.7
W
20
1.7
W
20
0.6
W
19
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
253
262
276
273
235
239
381
768
1138
1719
2659
3207
3263
1825
1037
764
645
328
264
442
2267
2185
265
Wind (km/h)
20
WNW
5
WNW
35
E
35
E
25
ESE
15
SE
20
N
30
N
40
N
50
N
55
N
55
N
60
NNW
45
WNW
30
W
35
W
35
W
35
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
50
W
45
WSW
45
WSW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
9:28AM2.90m
9:45PM3.11m
10:04AM3.05m
10:20PM3.24m
10:38AM3.16m
Low Tide
3:22AM0.48m
3:34PM0.40m
3:58AM0.30m
4:10PM0.25m
4:33AM0.16m
4:45PM0.16m
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7:01
7:00
6:58
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6:00
6:00
6:01
 mm
1
1
2
1
1
4
Temp °C
14
15
12
11
11
11
14
14
14
13
13
14
14
13
13
12
11
11
11
12
13
12
11
Feels °C
11
14
6
5
7
9
11
8
7
4
3
4
4
5
7
4
3
3
2
4
3
2
1
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