Fitzroy Beach surf break

Fitzroy Beach surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 10 Mar 2026 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
18.1° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Fitzroy Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Fitzroy Beach at 1PM is: 1.5m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 10). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Mar)5ft (1.6m)14s
Afternoon (10 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)14s
Evening (10 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Fri
13
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
SW
0.8
WSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
WSW
0.6
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
NNW
0.9
NNW
Period(s) (?)151514141414141413131313131312121212121213121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9709701010943822702603569479362357351290286216180142142140119136216231215
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
5
ENE
10
SSW
10
SE
15
SE
10
ENE
15
ENE
10
E
10
E
5
N
5
W
15
WSW
5
SSE
10
E
5
E
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
NNE
5
NNW
0
WSW
10
E
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffglasscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
onglasscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:34AM
2.61
2:50PM
2.47
3:20AM
2.42
3:41PM
2.28
4:23AM
2.26
4:54PM
2.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:50AM
0.80
9:10PM
0.82
9:41AM
0.99
10:06PM
0.99
10:49AM
1.13
11:22PM
1.08
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Fri
13
Sunrise--7:15-------7:16-------7:16-----
Sunset-----7:52-------7:50-------7:49--
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141416191920181716151617171716141413161819191717
Feels °C (?)101113181819151513131416151515121311141618191616
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