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Back Beach surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 12 Jan 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 1.8°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 5PM is: 2.3m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)10ft (3.0m)11s
Afternoon (12 Jan)8ft (2.4m)11s
Evening (12 Jan)6ft (1.9m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
3
4
3
3
3
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.1
W
1.9
W
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.5
W
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)111111101012121211111110101010101099910101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)222317711326962673802874791546608505511501432300356295156164164148151125125
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
10
S
0
NNW
5
W
5
NW
10
WNW
15
W
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
15
W
10
W
0
NNW
5
ENE
10
ESE
5
SE
5
E
5
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crossglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		onononglassglassoffglassglassglassoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:34PM
2.68
6:19AM
2.65
6:45PM
2.64
7:34AM
2.72
7:52PM
2.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:24AM
1.21
11:54PM
1.11
12:37PM
1.26
1:07AM
1.13
1:49PM
1.21
2:12AM
1.07
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise-------6:11-------6:13-------6:13
Sunset---8:52-------8:52-------8:51----
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
---------------124441125
Temp. °C171918171413131416181817141515141313151617171717
Feels °C (?)131412111011131415171513111313131313141718181716
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