Fitzroy Beach surf break

Fitzroy Beach surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 29 Dec 2025 NZDT
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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
18.4° C
(Which is 1.1°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 10AM is: 1.2m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am December 29). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 4s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Dec)4ft (1.2m)11s
Afternoon (29 Dec)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (29 Dec)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
31
Thu
01
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
S
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
2.2
N
3
NNW
3
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
Period(s) (?)1111111111111011111010101012109108101010999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5314383702542101309575794980635736566955619152416581273107911771238
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
15
ESE
25
SE
25
SE
35
SE
40
SE
35
ESE
35
SE
35
SE
35
ESE
20
ESE
25
SE
15
E
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
20
ENE
25
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNE
30
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:08AM
2.56
5:32PM
2.67
6:17AM
2.62
6:41PM
2.70
7:25AM
2.73
7:49PM
2.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:24AM
0.69
12:02AM
0.52
12:32PM
0.65
1:06AM
0.45
1:39PM
0.56
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
31
Thu
01
Sunrise-5:58-------5:58-------5:58------
Sunset-----8:51-------8:52-------8:52--
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
Rain (mm)
----31--23710121122122211
Temp. °C151519191516181716161616202018181818191920191818
Feels °C (?)1212151498121111101313191916161615151518161514
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