Fitzroy Beach surf break

Fitzroy Beach surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 18 Jan 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
20.1° C
(Which is 1.7°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: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 18). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)--
Afternoon (18 Jan)2ft (0.6m)11s
Evening (18 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)111111111111111111111111111111111111141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)82826060616164646361616161618485858773717171175172
Wind
(km/h)
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
15
SE
5
N
5
SSW
20
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
on
glassoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:49PM
2.78
11:11AM
2.99
11:26PM
2.87
11:47AM
3.08
12:02AM
2.92
12:22PM
3.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:45PM
0.50
4:57AM
0.35
5:23PM
0.38
5:33AM
0.26
5:59PM
0.28
6:10AM
0.21
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise-----6:18-------6:18-------6:20--
Sunset-8:49-------8:49-------8:47------
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201816141414162121211816161618191819181716161821
Feels °C (?)141210899111820211512121214171617161514141520
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