Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Fitzroy Beach today (15 Aug):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Aug, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 17s period with WSW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Aug, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 16s period with WSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Aug, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 16s period with WSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Fitzroy Beach at 4PM is: 2.5m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am August 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (15 Aug) | 6.5ft (2.0m) | 17s |
| Afternoon (15 Aug) | 8ft (2.5m) | 16s |
| Evening (15 Aug) | 8ft (2.5m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at Fitzroy Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Sat afternoon, min 6°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat morning, strong winds from the SSE by Sun morning). | |||||||||||||||||||||
Sat 15 | Sunday 16 | Monday 17 | |||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 17 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 14 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 2303 | 2845 | 3062 | 3216 | 3175 | 2226 | 2282 | 2977 | 2716 | 2441 | 2288 | 2140 | 2140 | 1993 | 1875 | 1850 | 962 | 833 | 1428 | 1409 | 1191 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 11:19AM3.18m | 11:37PM3.32m | 11:59AM3.11m | 00:16AM3.16m | 12:38PM2.98m | ||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 5:29PM-0.01m | 5:55AM0.01m | 6:11PM0.12m | 6:35AM0.16m | 6:52PM0.31m | ||||||||||||||||
 | |  |  |  | | | |  | |  |  | |  | | | | | |  | | |
 | 7:11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:07 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:46 | — | — |
mm | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 13 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 |
Feels °C | 12 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 | -1 | -2 | -2 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 17 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 14 |
| kJ | 2303 | 2845 | 3062 | 3216 | 3175 | 2226 | 2282 | 2977 | 2716 | 2441 | 2288 | 2140 | 2140 | 1993 | 1875 | 1850 | 962 | 833 | 1428 | 1409 | 1191 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 8 | — | — | — | — | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SSW 10 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | — | — | — |
| kJ | 31 | — | — | — | — | 344 | 297 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 74 | 346 | 275 | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | S 9 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | SSE 4 | S 10 | SSW 9 | S 8 | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 106 | 192 | 279 | 331 | 358 | 333 | 338 | 284 | 22 | 148 | 99 | 11 | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 98 | 98 | 150 | 98 | 98 | 213 | 151 | 178 | 151 | 15 | 199 | 13 | 4 | 0 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki | |||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Fitzroy Beach surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest