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Back Beach surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 01 Feb 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
19.9° C
 (Which is 1.0°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 2AM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 01). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Feb)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (02 Feb)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (02 Feb)3ft (0.9m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
SW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
2.2
NW
2.5
NW
3
WNW
4.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.2
W
Period(s) (?)111111111111111212121212121178913131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)21121521521926127022723123523519517117116644079415286682720473734914294018481301
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
10
W
10
WSW
5
SSW
5
E
10
ENE
15
NE
15
E
20
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
N
20
N
35
NNW
40
NW
35
WNW
30
WNW
30
NW
20
NW
5
W
30
SE
25
SE
20
SE
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		offcrosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:38PM
3.41
11:01AM
3.67
11:23PM
3.48
11:43AM
3.70
12:04AM
3.48
12:23PM
3.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:29PM
0.46
4:49AM
0.37
5:14PM
0.36
5:32AM
0.30
5:58PM
0.32
6:14AM
0.31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Sunrise-----6:35-------6:35-------6:37--
Sunset-8:39-------8:38-------8:37------
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
clear
clear
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181815151416161821212020202018171716161614141720
Feels °C (?)1517141513151518212221201917121111111316991419
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