Fitzroy Beach surf break

Fitzroy Beach surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 18 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
18.8° C
(Which is 1.3°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 2PM is: 3.0m 8s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 1.7m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.2m 21s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)10ft (3.0m)8s
Afternoon (18 Apr)11ft (3.5m)8s
Evening (18 Apr)10ft (3.0m)9s

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


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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
3
2
0
3
3
4
4
3
2
4
3
3
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
NW
3
NW
3.5
NNW
3.5
NNW
3
NW
1.9
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.2
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)8889912131313141515151514141414131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)866109014611825142095015811649194520492846313431143197315428952376178813671060469386313226
Wind
(km/h)
35
NNW
35
NNW
40
NNW
35
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
25
NNW
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
ENE
20
SE
30
SE
30
ESE
15
E
15
E
20
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
35
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
ononcross-
on
oncrosscrosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:01AM
3.33
10:27PM
3.35
10:44AM
3.31
11:10PM
3.33
11:29AM
3.21
11:56PM
3.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:16PM
-0.14
4:39AM
-0.04
5:00PM
-0.10
5:25AM
0.02
5:46PM
0.01
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise6:52-------6:54-------6:54-------
Sunset--5:51-------5:50-------5:47-----
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
light rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
24454622117311-175471---
Temp. °C171618171615151516171414141413131315141313131312
Feels °C (?)12101212141314131515912121210881311108775
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