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Back Beach surf break

Back Beach surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 16 Mar 2026 NZDT
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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
18.8° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Back Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 4AM is: 2.3m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.7m 19s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 16). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Mar)7ft (2.1m)13s
Afternoon (16 Mar)6ft (1.8m)17s
Evening (16 Mar)5ft (1.5m)16s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
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0
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
SW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
SW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)101212131318171716161614141314141414131312121213
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)89413541574164315101922167613881055881870450523587814653561561472437353314268277
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
5
SSW
0
N
10
SSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
10
SSW
0
E
10
N
5
W
5
SW
5
SSE
5
E
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NW
15
W
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		glasscrosscross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscrossglassglasscross-
off		offoffglassglassglassoncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:37PM
2.80
8:56AM
3.04
9:21PM
3.00
9:35AM
3.25
10:01PM
3.19
10:13AM
3.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:50AM
0.84
3:14PM
0.73
3:31AM
0.60
3:52PM
0.49
4:08AM
0.39
4:28PM
0.29
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Sunrise----7:20-------7:22-------7:22---
Sunset-------7:43-------7:40-------7:39
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151515151617171616161515161818171615151516181817
Feels °C (?)141516151313131213131314171819171615151617191615
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