Fitzroy Beach surf break

Fitzroy Beach surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 22 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
18.4° C
(Which is 1.1°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 8PM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 22). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (22 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (22 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
Period(s) (?)101010101413131320191818171616161514141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1141541098578102101657572104158151146288193176163160229226225151149
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
15
S
15
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SSE
20
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
5
SE
5
SE
5
WSW
5
WNW
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
5
S
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffglassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:11PM
2.82
1:43AM
2.88
2:14PM
2.60
2:51AM
2.71
3:29PM
2.45
4:09AM
2.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:09AM
0.34
7:31PM
0.40
8:11AM
0.53
8:35PM
0.59
9:22AM
0.67
9:48PM
0.71
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunrise6:56-------6:58-------6:58-------
Sunset--5:45-------5:44-------5:43-----
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1112121111991011141412111010111214151311111010
Feels °C (?)4554544679986679101213118877
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