Fitzroy Beach Surf Forecast

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New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (39.05° S 174.10° E)

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Fitzroy Beach surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 14 Oct 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 14.8° C
(Which is 1.0°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 3PM is: 1.6m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.9m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Oct)	5.5ft (1.7m)	14s
Afternoon (14 Oct)	5ft (1.6m)	13s
Evening (14 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	13s

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

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	Tuesday 14					Wednesday 15								Thursday 16								Friday 17
	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	3	2	1	1	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	4
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WNW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	10	8	24	24	22	22	22	21	20	20	20	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1138	1075	905	744	653	484	373	339	333	725	222	735	240	367	404	401	617	915	915	729	971	1103	932	1387
Wind (km/h)	W	W	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	WSW	WSW	W	WSW	SW	SW	SSW	SE	E
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				4:31PM 2.56				5:15AM 2.35				5:57PM 2.52				6:40AM 2.39					7:11PM 2.60
Low Tide / height (m)		10:12AM 0.74				11:03PM 0.79				11:31AM 0.81				12:22AM 0.78				12:46PM 0.77					1:28AM 0.67

	Tuesday 14					Wednesday 15								Thursday 16								Friday 17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35
Sunset	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:42	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	16	13	11	11	10	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	14	15	15	14	12	10	9	9
Feels °C (?)	14	13	11	8	8	8	6	6	8	7	6	6	7	7	9	8	10	10	10	9	7	8	8	7

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Taranaki

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Fitzroy Beach (fresh winds from the W at NewPlymouthAero Aws 9 km from Fitzroy Beach). 2.0m 8s swell from the NW with a 1.9m 14s groundswell from the WSW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
1 hour 26 minutes ago Fitzroy Beach

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Cross-On

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