Fitzroy Beach surf break

Fitzroy Beach surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 20 Nov 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
17.2° C
(Which is 2.0°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 7PM is: 2.1m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)4ft (1.2m)13s
Afternoon (20 Nov)6ft (1.9m)14s
Evening (20 Nov)6.5ft (2.0m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
2
2
2
3
3
2
1
0
1
2
2
3
3
3
1
0
1
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WSW
1.7
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)131414131313131313141413131313131414151515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)506115416521581124912301094968983933947919805805805805947106111361024970943822767
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
20
W
20
W
15
W
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SE
5
N
10
NW
15
W
15
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
S
5
NW
15
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
SSW
5
SSE
5
SSW
0
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:29AM
2.94
10:42PM
2.84
11:04AM
2.96
11:18PM
2.83
11:40AM
2.94
11:54PM
2.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:40PM
0.44
4:52AM
0.35
5:16PM
0.44
5:28AM
0.37
5:52PM
0.48
6:04AM
0.43
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Sunrise-------5:56-------5:56-------5:54
Sunset---8:20-------8:22-------8:22----
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161718161413131316171817151414141618181715141414
Feels °C (?)151515141312131316151615141314141616151413141414
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