Fitzroy Beach surf break

Fitzroy Beach surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 03 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
19.4° 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 11PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 21s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 03). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Jan)--
Afternoon (03 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Evening (03 Jan)3ft (0.9m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.9
SW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
1.1
SW
1
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)101010102019121118171611161615151414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)222222180143127124211197243227208203288277256242180178456407229219215172
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
15
SSE
10
W
10
WSW
15
SSW
10
S
5
SSE
5
S
5
SSE
5
WNW
15
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
10
SSW
5
S
5
SSE
5
WNW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:42PM
3.08
11:09AM
3.31
11:31PM
3.12
11:56AM
3.34
12:18AM
3.09
12:42PM
3.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:35PM
0.14
4:54AM
0.03
5:26PM
0.06
5:43AM
0.00
6:15PM
0.05
6:29AM
0.04
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Sunrise-----6:03-------6:03-------6:03--
Sunset-8:52-------8:52-------8:52------
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
41----------------------
Temp. °C191815151414181922211614141417191818161514141719
Feels °C (?)17141011109151720181413131417171515141414141718
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