Back Beach surf break

Back Beach surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 11 Jul 2025 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
15.6° C
(Which is 1.5°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 12PM is: 1.0m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 11). An open ocean swell of 3.0m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)17s
Afternoon (11 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)16s
Evening (11 Jul)10ft (3.0m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
W
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
WSW
3
NNW
2.3
NNW
2
NNW
1.7
NNW
1.7
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
4
W
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
4
W
4.5
W
4
W
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.3
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.9
WNW
2
WSW
2
WSW
2.4
W
3
W
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.2
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.7
W
1.4
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1.3
NW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)1717171616169999101010111212141414141414171616151514141313131212111111101010141414141313131313131313131212912111212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)640807797571568674175914361242107412321553172128623800489760685270496949814574567494149171792366385484480241473295280123961815141394497612531423130913072914314129742734232719011616131911841027662493404421445562502413433473
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
25
ENE
35
ENE
50
ENE
50
NE
45
N
20
NW
20
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
25
WNW
25
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
N
15
N
10
N
15
NW
15
N
25
NNW
20
WNW
15
NW
15
WNW
20
W
20
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
NW
20
NW
30
NW
30
W
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ESE
20
E
25
E
25
ESE
25
SE
15
SSE
20
S
20
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
30
SW
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:07AM
3.20
10:23PM
3.43
10:45AM
3.28
11:01PM
3.50
11:23AM
3.32
11:39PM
3.53
12:02PM
3.32
12:19AM
3.51
12:44PM
3.28
1:01AM
3.45
1:28PM
3.21
1:45AM
3.34
2:16PM
3.12
2:36AM
3.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:57AM
0.73
4:15PM
0.60
4:36AM
0.65
4:53PM
0.53
5:15AM
0.59
5:32PM
0.50
5:57AM
0.56
6:11PM
0.51
6:39AM
0.56
6:54PM
0.57
7:24AM
0.59
7:40PM
0.66
8:10AM
0.65
8:31PM
0.78
8:59AM
0.74
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Sunrise--7:41-------7:41-------7:41-------7:39-------7:39-------7:39-------7:39-------7:37-
Sunset----5:16-------5:17-------5:17-------5:19-------5:20-------5:20-------5:21-------
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Rain (mm)
1111518296-112222112112221121221----391-------------3783211----
Temp. °C131314141415151413141414141313131212131313121113131313131312111212121313131212121110101212111110999101211111112121213
Feels °C (?)988558121181010101091010101010101197891110998797786677777799864335685675447
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