Fitzroy Beach surf break

Fitzroy Beach surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 31 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
19.0° C
(Which is 1.5°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 11AM is: 3.0m 10s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am December 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Dec)10ft (3.0m)10s
Afternoon (31 Dec)8ft (2.5m)10s
Evening (31 Dec)8ft (2.4m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
31
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Sat
03
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
NNW
3
NNW
3
NNW
3
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.3
NNW
2.1
NNW
1.4
NW
1.5
WNW
2.1
NW
2.1
WNW
1.6
W
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
1
W
0.9
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.7
WSW
Period(s) (?)1011101010998888889887771514141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13511906199614911222982845616274291543493347422262178101928785118108104154
Wind
(km/h)
30
NE
30
NNE
35
NNE
30
NNE
25
N
20
N
25
N
25
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WSW
10
SSE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:25AM
2.73
7:49PM
2.77
8:29AM
2.90
8:52PM
2.89
9:26AM
3.07
9:49PM
3.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:06AM
0.45
1:39PM
0.56
2:09AM
0.35
2:43PM
0.41
3:08AM
0.23
3:41PM
0.27
Wednesday
31
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Sat
03
Sunrise-5:58-------6:00-------6:01------
Sunset-----8:52-------8:52-------8:52--
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
2332111232122-----------
Temp. °C191919202019181817171818181817161616171818181615
Feels °C (?)161515171717161615151616171716151515151616161414
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