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Back Beach surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 18 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
20.5° 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 9AM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 22s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Afternoon (18 Feb)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (18 Feb)3ft (0.9m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
Print Table
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.5
W
0.9
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.9
W
2
W
2.1
W
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)11111111112011181817161616167888888889
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2862222262261862102102513223443062912843143784515185475094374064947821069
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
10
NW
10
W
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
20
W
20
W
30
WSW
25
W
15
NW
30
NW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
30
WSW
30
SW
35
SW
35
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		onononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:20AM
3.56
11:41PM
3.43
11:55AM
3.63
12:16AM
3.48
12:31PM
3.63
12:53AM
3.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:13AM
0.37
5:33PM
0.35
5:48AM
0.29
6:10PM
0.29
6:25AM
0.28
6:49PM
0.29
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
Sunrise-6:52-------6:54-------6:56------
Sunset-----8:21-------8:20-------8:17--
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------11------1---
Temp. °C171718191919171617171818181816161617181918171515
Feels °C (?)1616171716171513141314161515111112131415141188
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