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Back Beach surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand
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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
18.5° C
(Which is 1.1°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 10PM is: 3.0m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.7m 8s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (19 Apr) | - | - |
| Afternoon (19 Apr) | 8ft (2.5m) | 15s |
| Evening (19 Apr) | 8ft (2.5m) | 15s |
Table - waves today at Back Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Sunday 19 | Monday 20 | Tuesday 21 | Wednesday 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | |
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Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Wave (?)Graph | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2846 | 3074 | 3114 | 3197 | 3154 | 3436 | 2534 | 1846 | 1269 | 865 | 618 | 439 | 485 | 525 | 551 | 496 | 551 | 607 | 104 | 97 | 75 | 296 | 290 | 106 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross | cross | cross- off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 11:11PM 3.63 | 11:30AM 3.51 | 11:57PM 3.53 | 12:20PM 3.33 | 12:49AM 3.36 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 5:02PM 0.12 | 5:26AM 0.25 | 5:48PM 0.27 | 6:16AM 0.44 | 6:38PM 0.49 | 7:12AM 0.66 | ||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 19 | Monday 20 | Tuesday 21 | Wednesday 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:56 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:56 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:58 | - |
| Sunset | 5:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:49 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Rain (mm) | 4 | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Temp. °C | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
| Feels °C (?) | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
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