Back Beach Surf Forecast

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New Zealand (440 surf breaks)

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Back Beach Surf Forecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Saturday 30 May 2020 NZST

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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 16.3 °C (Statistics for 30 May 1981-2005 - mean: 15.5 max: 16.4 min: 14.6 °C)

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 16.3 °C (Statistics for 30 May 1981-2005 - mean: 15.5 max: 16.4 min: 14.6 °C)

Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Taranaki

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Back Beach (calm at Ferndale- New Plymouth 6 km from Back Beach). 0.7m 14 s period swell from WSW with an additional 0.6m 7 s period swell from NW , plus 0.7m 5 s period wind swell from ENE
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How big are the waves at Back Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 7AM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm May 30). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (30 May)	2ft (0.6m)	13s
Afternoon (30 May)	1.5ft (0.4m)	15s
Evening (30 May)	2.5ft (0.8m)	17s

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

Hourly 7 days Taranaki Surf

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Temp. °C
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	Sunday 31								Monday 01								Tuesday 02
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	3 PM


WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW
14	14	14	14	13	19	15	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	15

165	156	107	161	120	120	86	243	333	779	881	953	880	857	732	702	553	460	460	421	380	348	726
ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	SSE	S	S	SSW	SW	WSW
off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
			4:12AM 3.05				4:45PM 2.94				5:16AM 3.11				5:52PM 3.03					6:20AM 3.21
	9:52PM 0.96				10:33AM 0.84				11:00PM 0.89				11:39AM 0.72					12:08AM 0.76				12:44PM 0.55
Note: the tide data above is for Port Taranaki, New Zealand which is 5 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Back Beach.New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph Offshore winds at Back Beach blow from the E

	Sunday 31								Monday 01								Tuesday 02
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	3 PM

some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
14	12	13	13	12	15	16	15	14	14	14	12	13	14	14	15	15	16	15	14	14	15	15
13	10	12	12	10	14	15	14	12	12	12	10	11	13	13	14	15	16	15	14	13	14	14
-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08

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