Fitzroy Beach surf break

Fitzroy Beach surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 07 Apr 2026 NZST
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Fitzroy Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Fitzroy Beach sea temperature is
19.0° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fitzroy Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Fitzroy Beach at 6PM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 17s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 07). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Afternoon (07 Apr)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (07 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
2.4
N
2
N
1.6
N
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
Period(s) (?)121212121212887141413131313131312121215151612
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1319694695554710441233178168158154151149149150138129129172172306144
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
25
E
30
E
30
E
35
ENE
40
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
10
WNW
10
W
10
W
10
WSW
5
S
5
S
5
SSW
5
S
5
SSW
10
W
15
W
10
WSW
5
SSW
5
SE
5
S
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:39PM
2.64
1:03AM
2.64
1:20PM
2.46
1:49AM
2.47
2:11PM
2.30
2:48AM
2.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:39AM
0.61
6:53PM
0.63
7:20AM
0.79
7:37PM
0.81
8:11AM
0.95
8:32PM
0.95
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise6:43-------6:43-------6:45-------
Sunset---6:07-------6:06-------6:04----
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-22346442---------------
Temp. °C161515161718181818181817161515151719191716151515
Feels °C (?)111110121212151518171716161413131618181616151515
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