Fitzroy Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.05° S 174.10° E

Fitzroy Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 08 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fitzroy Beach sea temperature is
14.2°C
0.8° 

Fitzroy Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Fitzroy Beach today (08 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 11s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 10s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 12s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Fitzroy Beach at 7PM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Afternoon (08 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Evening (08 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 13°C on Tue morning, min 8°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue morning, fresh winds from the SW by Thu afternoon).

Tue
8
Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
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
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
WSW
11
1.3
WSW
10
1.3
WSW
10
1.3
WSW
12
1.3
WSW
12
1.2
WSW
11
1.2
WSW
11
1
WSW
11
0.9
WSW
11
1
WSW
11
1.3
WSW
11
1.4
WSW
11
1.4
WSW
11
1.5
WSW
11
1.3
WSW
11
1.6
W
11
1.2
WSW
11
0.8
WSW
17
0.7
W
22
1.4
WSW
16
1.4
WSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
435
389
327
525
429
366
334
261
193
239
415
415
452
515
419
606
322
321
453
1016
1003
Wind (km/h)
5
S
10
W
15
SW
10
SW
5
SSE
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
WNW
15
W
20
W
25
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
NW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SSE
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross
cross
off
High Tide
7:08AM2.64m
7:38PM2.91m
8:05AM2.84m
8:28PM3.11m
8:52AM3.02m
Low Tide
1:17PM0.47m
1:53AM0.36m
2:12PM0.27m
2:43AM0.16m
2:59PM0.11m
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:35
6:33
6:33
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:07
6:07
6:07
 mm
5
2
Temp °C
10
13
13
12
11
10
10
10
11
13
13
12
11
11
12
12
12
13
10
11
9
Feels °C
8
10
9
9
9
8
7
7
8
10
10
9
7
7
7
7
8
8
4
5
5
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