Surf Forecasts:
Fitzroy Beach surf forecast from 3 Jul 2026:
- Best quality surf: Monday 6 Jul, 6PM (local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 16s period, W swell with offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Monday 6 Jul, 3PM (local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 17s period, W swell with 6,103 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Sunday 5 Jul, 3AM (local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 10s period with NW swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Fitzroy Beach this week:
The surf forecast for Fitzroy Beach over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Sunday (Jul 05) at 3AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 3.0m and 10s period with a secondary swell of 0.7m and 18s. The wind is predicted to be glassy as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Fitzroy Beach in the next 16 days are 3.0m 17s and forecast to arrive on Monday (Jul 06) at 3PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-shore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 1.2m 5s period and expected on Friday (Jul 10) at 9AM.
| Wave Type | Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 3AM (Sun 5th Jul) | 10ft (3.0m) 10s |
| Best Surf | 6PM (Mon 6th Jul) | 10ft (3.0m) 16s |
| Most Powerful | 3PM (Mon 6th Jul) | 10ft (3.0m) 17s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Fitzroy Beach over the next 16 days.
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G’day, I’m Rusty. Let’s break down what’s ahead at Fitzroy Beach for the next couple weeks.
First off, nothing worth wetting a suit for early on. Saturday the 4th is junk – tiny 0.7m swell with a crummy cross-chop, and Sunday the 5th is just as messy.
The real standout hits on Tuesday morning the 7th. A meaty 2.4m groundswell out of the WSW, 16-second period – that’s proper juice (2711). The wind is offshore from the ESE, so it’ll be clean and peeling. This is for experienced surfers only. The swell direction lines up perfect with the optimum W swell. No contest – best session in the whole run.
Tuesday afternoon the 7th keeps it clean at 2.1m with light offshore breezes. A cracker.
Wednesday the 8th morning is still solid: 1.6m from the SW, clean offshore wind.
From Thursday the 9th through the 10th, it’s a mixed bag of clean but smaller swell, 1.1m to 1.6m. Surfable but average.
Then we get a second beauty on Saturday the 11th. Morning starts with a clean 0.9m WSW swell and a 17-second pulse, offshore from the SE – real tidy (672). By afternoon it’s 1.2m and glassy. Perfect intermediate conditions, and crowds don’t look like an issue.
Sunday the 12th stays clean with 1.2m, then it tapers off through Monday and Tuesday.
There’s a lull mid-week, but Wednesday the 15th pumps back up to 2.5m from the NNW – short period at 8 seconds though, so sloppy and gnarled. That afternoon hits 3.0m but messy with cross-shore wind. For experts only.
Thursday the 16th offers cleaner 2.3m WSW swell with cross-off wind – decent but still raw.
Friday the 17th is a battle: strong offshore winds 25–35 km/h, swell 2.0m, and paddling out will be a fight. For the committed.
The run ends Saturday the 18th with a clean 1.4m SW swell, and Sunday the 19th finishes with a gentle offshore and 1.2m WSW swell.
Water temp is about normal for this time of year.
Best sessions? Tuesday the 7th and Saturday the 11th – circle those.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 50mm), heaviest during Sat night. Very mild (max 14°C on Sun morning, min 9°C on Fri night). Mainly strong winds. | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Very mild (max 14°C on Tue afternoon, min 9°C on Mon night). Mainly fresh winds. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 4 | Sunday 5 | Monday 6 | Tuesday 7 | Wednesday 8 | Thursday 9 | Fri 10 | |||||||||||||||
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Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 14 | W 12 | W 11 | WNW 10 | NW 9 | NW 9 | WNW 10 | W 13 | W 17 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 15 | WSW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | WSW 18 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 19 | WSW 18 | WSW 17 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 52 | 143 | 475 | 1690 | 918 | 686 | 954 | 2719 | 6103 | 4204 | 2662 | 1847 | 480 | 841 | 604 | 416 | 597 | 1003 | 930 | 1585 | 958 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross | cross-on | on | cross-on | on | cross-off | cross | cross | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 00:06AM2.92m | 12:23PM2.72m | 00:43AM2.89m | 1:03PM2.68m | 1:22AM2.84m | 1:46PM2.64m | 2:05AM2.78m | 2:34PM2.60m | 2:54AM2.72m | 3:31PM2.57m | 3:52AM2.66m | 4:35PM2.58m | 4:59AM2.64m | 5:44PM2.65m | |||||||
Low Tide | 6:22AM0.45m | 6:32PM0.44m | 7:02AM0.46m | 7:13PM0.50m | 7:44AM0.48m | 7:57PM0.57m | 8:30AM0.51m | 8:48PM0.64m | 9:23AM0.54m | 9:46PM0.69m | 10:22AM0.55m | 10:51PM0.70m | 11:27AM0.53m | ||||||||
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 | — | 7:43 | — | — | 7:43 | — | — | 7:41 | — | — | 7:41 | — | — | 7:41 | — | — | 7:41 | — | — | 7:41 | — |
 | — | — | 5:12 | — | — | 5:13 | — | — | 5:14 | — | — | 5:14 | — | — | 5:15 | — | — | 5:15 | — | — | 5:15 |
mm | — | — | 1 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 |
Feels °C | 7 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 5 | W 12 | W 11 | WNW 10 | NW 9 | WSW 16 | WNW 10 | W 13 | W 17 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 15 | WSW 11 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 11 | WSW 16 | WSW 14 | WSW 18 | WSW 17 |
| kJ | 11 | 143 | 475 | 1690 | 918 | 469 | 954 | 2719 | 6103 | 4204 | 2662 | 1847 | 433 | 841 | 604 | 416 | 293 | 1003 | 712 | 1585 | 958 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 14 | WNW 9 | WSW 18 | N 8 | WSW 18 | W 11 | W 15 | WSW 20 | S 10 | NW 8 | NW 7 | NNW 7 | WSW 14 | — | WSW 19 | WSW 18 | WSW 16 | W 21 | WSW 19 | — | WSW 11 |
| kJ | 52 | 79 | 30 | 464 | 413 | 110 | 441 | 517 | 7 | 142 | 49 | 27 | 480 | — | 74 | 356 | 597 | 233 | 930 | — | 154 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 10 | SW 13 | W 22 | W 20 | — | — | W 24 | SSW 9 | — | — | — | — | NNW 7 | — | — | SSW 9 | SSW 10 | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 16 | 7 | 9 | 119 | — | — | 11 | 15 | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | 47 | 96 | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNE 3 | N 5 | N 6 | — | — | NW 9 | NE 5 | N 6 | — | — | — | — | S 3 | — | S 3 | — | — | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 5 | S 4 |
| kJ | 2 | 52 | 312 | — | — | 686 | 42 | 38 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 5 | — | — | 205 | 294 | 63 | 45 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 7 | 98 | 108 | 98 | 108 | 20 | 31 | 245 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 98 | 213 | 213 | 203 | 199 | 17 |
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