Back Beach Surf Forecast

/ Taranaki (31 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (462 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (39.07° S 174.02° E)

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Back Beach surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 11 Jul 2025 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 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) & Date	Wave Height	Wave 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)

Hourly 12 Days

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	Friday 11							Saturday 12								Sunday 13								Monday 14								Tuesday 15								Wednesday 16								Thursday 17								Friday 18
	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	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	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	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	1	0	0	0	0	!	!	0	0	2	0	0	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	0	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	4	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WNW	WSW	WSW	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	NW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Period(s) (?)	17	17	17	16	16	16	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	9	12	11	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	640	807	797	571	568	674	1759	1436	1242	1074	1232	1553	1721	2862	3800	4897	6068	5270	4969	4981	4574	5674	9414	9171	7923	6638	5484	4802	4147	3295	2801	2396	1815	1413	944	976	1253	1423	1309	1307	2914	3141	2974	2734	2327	1901	1616	1319	1184	1027	662	493	404	421	445	562	502	413	433	473
Wind (km/h)	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	N	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	W	WNW	WNW	NW	NNW	NNW	N	N	N	NW	N	NNW	WNW	NW	WNW	W	WSW	W	W	NW	NW	NW	W	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SE	ESE	ENE	ENE	ESE	E	E	ESE	SE	SSE	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	1	1	1	15	18	29	6	-	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	3	9	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	7	8	3	2	1	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	12	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	10	10	12	12	11	11	10	9	9	9	10	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	13
Feels °C (?)	9	8	8	5	5	8	12	11	8	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	9	7	8	9	11	10	9	9	8	7	9	7	7	8	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	9	8	6	4	3	3	5	6	8	5	6	7	5	4	4	7

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