Back Beach surf break

Back Beach surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 09 Apr 2026 NZST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Back Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Back Beach sea temperature is
19.1° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Back Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 10AM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Afternoon (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Evening (09 Apr)2ft (0.6m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.7
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
SW
0.6
WSW
Period(s) (?)13131312121215151612131414131212111111101010109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1491491471751311311691283771445066316496385255003793722421891781259461
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
5
E
5
NE
5
NNW
10
WNW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
WSW
10
SW
10
SSE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
E
10
SSW
10
E
15
ESE
20
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:50AM
2.81
2:23PM
2.61
2:54AM
2.66
3:37PM
2.51
4:12AM
2.61
4:50PM
2.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:16AM
1.21
8:34PM
1.18
9:20AM
1.30
9:44PM
1.26
10:34AM
1.28
11:02PM
1.22
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise--6:45-------6:46-------6:47-----
Sunset-----6:05-------6:02-------6:01--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151516181917161514131518191817181717182122222121
Feels °C (?)151516181916151312121517171613151515172121211919
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