Fitzroy Beach surf break

Fitzroy Beach surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 NZST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
18.5° C
(Which is 1.2°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: 1.6m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)5ft (1.6m)11s
Afternoon (21 Apr)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (21 Apr)5ft (1.5m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
0.9
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.5
S
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)111111101010101111111110101414131313201318181716
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5145145735511493494685149303071107120113102101647590104158151146
Wind
(km/h)
40
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SE
10
SSE
5
S
10
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:17PM
3.03
12:46AM
3.07
1:11PM
2.82
1:43AM
2.88
2:14PM
2.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:15AM
0.16
6:36PM
0.19
7:09AM
0.34
7:31PM
0.40
8:11AM
0.53
8:35PM
0.59
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise--6:56-------6:56-------6:58-----
Sunset----5:46-------5:45-------5:44---
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---1-111----------------
Temp. °C111111111111101111111213121110101010111314121111
Feels °C (?)33444335556654467781012989
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

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 locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest