Fitzroy Beach surf break

Fitzroy Beach surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 25 Dec 2025 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
18.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Fitzroy Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Fitzroy Beach at 1PM is: 0.9m 18s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.3m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am December 25). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Dec)4ft (1.2m)10s
Afternoon (25 Dec)3ft (0.9m)18s
Evening (25 Dec)3.5ft (1.0m)17s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sun
28
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
2
2
1
2
3
2
2
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.5
WSW
2.5
W
2.4
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
Period(s) (?)111110181817161612151414141515151414141313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)412352261534553640575688729102825772265272538143482331431632898254221161864149713231183
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
10
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
20
N
25
NNW
25
NNW
30
N
35
NNW
10
W
15
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
10
W
10
WNW
15
NW
10
W
10
WSW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:37AM
2.70
1:58PM
2.88
2:20AM
2.65
2:42PM
2.82
3:09AM
2.60
3:30PM
2.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:48AM
0.46
8:20PM
0.48
8:32AM
0.52
9:07PM
0.50
9:22AM
0.60
10:00PM
0.53
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sun
28
Sunrise-5:54-------5:56-------5:56------
Sunset-----8:50-------8:50-------8:51--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------1252----------
Temp. °C141517181818171717181818161515161515171818171515
Feels °C (?)111315151516161514151414151313141213151615151314
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