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Back Beach surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 21 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 1.4°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: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 21). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)--
Afternoon (21 Jan)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (21 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s

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

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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
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
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.3
W
0.4
WSW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
WSW
1.5
NW
2
NW
1.3
NNW
1.5
NNW
2.2
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
W
3.5
W
4
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
Period(s) (?)1313121224222221202020191012121278889101011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)111109757297158236233290373373367468116742961546367480412371871287637805455
Wind
(km/h)
30
E
30
E
30
E
30
ESE
20
SE
5
SSW
15
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
25
W
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
35
W
40
W
45
W
50
W
45
W
40
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off		crossonononononononononononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:41AM
3.33
12:56PM
3.52
1:19AM
3.31
1:33PM
3.46
1:58AM
3.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:35PM
0.54
6:50AM
0.49
7:15PM
0.53
7:28AM
0.54
7:55PM
0.56
8:10AM
0.63
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunrise-----6:22-------6:22-------6:24--
Sunset-8:47-------8:47-------8:46------
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
light rain
Rain (mm)
1342-1---------1111121242
Temp. °C181818181819201919191818181818191817161514141515
Feels °C (?)1415141416202017161715161615151614121186577
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