Fletchers Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.50° S 172.72° E

Fletchers Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 pm 20 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fletchers Beach sea temperature is
13.8°C
0.6° 

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 (21 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 16s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 15s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 14s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Fletchers Beach at 3AM is: 2.5m 17s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Sep)8ft (2.5m)16s
Afternoon (21 Sep)10ft (3.0m)15s
Evening (21 Sep)7ft (2.2m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Very mild (max 14°C on Mon night, min 7°C on Wed afternoon). Winds decreasing (near gales from the W on Mon morning, light winds from the SSE by Wed afternoon).

Monday
21
Tuesday
22
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)
5
5
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
W
16
3
W
17
2.5
W
17
2.5
W
16
2.5
W
16
3
W
16
3
W
15
2.5
W
15
2.2
W
14
1.9
W
14
1.6
W
14
1.9
WNW
14
2.3
W
7
2.4
W
9
2.5
W
10
2.5
W
10
2
W
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
4328
4293
3658
3216
3356
3794
3603
2652
1995
1472
1048
1360
495
848
1264
1293
824
Wind (km/h)
20
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
35
WSW
50
WSW
55
W
55
W
55
W
50
W
40
W
30
WNW
40
WNW
45
WSW
40
WSW
45
WSW
40
SW
40
WSW
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
5:21AM2.26m
6:03PM2.39m
6:37AM2.36m
7:06PM2.55m
Low Tide
11:08PM1.15m
11:39AM1.10m
00:25AM1.05m
12:48PM0.96m
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:20
6:18
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:23
6:24
 mm
1
Temp °C
11
11
10
10
11
11
12
11
12
12
13
14
12
13
13
12
11
Feels °C
6
7
6
3
1
-1
1
-1
2
4
8
7
3
3
3
2
2
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