Fitzroy Beach surf break

Fitzroy Beach surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Monday 20 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
18.6° C
(Which is 1.2°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 4PM is: 1.8m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 20). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)8ft (2.5m)14s
Afternoon (20 Apr)6ft (1.9m)13s
Evening (20 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)12s

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


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Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
W
2.5
W
1.9
WSW
1.6
W
1.4
WSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SW
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)141413131211111111111111111211111016151414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)28772248126986555842353560660646040846753155493051621218211312010164
Wind
(km/h)
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
SE
20
SSE
30
SSE
40
SSE
45
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:29AM
3.21
11:56PM
3.24
12:17PM
3.03
12:46AM
3.07
1:11PM
2.82
1:43AM
2.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:46PM
0.01
6:15AM
0.16
6:36PM
0.19
7:09AM
0.34
7:31PM
0.40
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise6:54-------6:56-------6:56-------
Sunset--5:47-------5:46-------5:45-----
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
253-111-11111---1-------
Temp. °C141314141412111111111111111111111012121010999
Feels °C (?)1110101084222545554566534443
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