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Back Beach surf break

Back Beach surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 13 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
20.0° C
 (Which is 1.7°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 2AM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)4ft (1.2m)10s
Afternoon (14 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Evening (14 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
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)
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
1
1
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.3
NNW
1.3
NW
1.5
NNW
1.7
NNW
1.8
NW
1.6
NW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)111010101010109991010667777141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)505511441377363307240189136139120111115150198244303258330362431357347295
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
15
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
N
15
NNW
10
NNE
20
N
25
N
25
NNE
25
NNE
35
NNE
25
NNE
20
N
15
N
20
N
20
NW
15
WNW
15
NW
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		crosscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:45PM
2.64
7:34AM
2.72
7:52PM
2.69
8:30AM
2.84
8:47PM
2.80
9:15AM
2.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:07AM
1.13
1:49PM
1.21
2:12AM
1.07
2:44PM
1.11
3:03AM
0.96
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise-----6:13-------6:13-------6:15--
Sunset-8:52-------8:51-------8:51------
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------12123354323121--
Temp. °C181715151516182021201819191919191919191818181920
Feels °C (?)161414141415161920201817171717151717181717171818
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