Back Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.07° S 174.02° E

Back Beach, New Zealand Weather Observations

Issued: 5 am 08 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Back Beach sea temperature is
14.1° C
0.5° 

Back Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Current weather conditions and live observations for Back Beach based on the nearest weather station observations (including METAR, SYNOP, ship and quickscat wind data). This is the most reliable place on surf-forecast.com to see what is happening with the weather in Back Beach right now. Also check out the current weather map overlays on our dynamic weather maps.

Current Weather near Back Beach

as reported by 5 closest weather stations

Weather Station WeatherWindGustsTemp.Visibility
Visibility /
Cloud

surfzone

2 km SE48 m above sea level

42 minutes ago
Dry
0
calm
(2 km/h at 135°)
11.4 °C-
-
-
-
-

Brois Street

5 km ESE52 m above sea level

43 minutes ago
Dry
0
calm
(0 km/h at 90°)
12.3 °C-
-
-
-
-

New Plymouth City

6 km E16 m above sea level

40 minutes ago
No weather report

(- km/h at -°)
12.4 °C-
-
-
-
-

Kapurau Lane

8 km E60 m above sea level

45 minutes ago
Dry
0
calm
(2 km/h at 0°)
11.4 °C-
-
-
-
-

Koru

13 km S410 m above sea level

42 minutes ago
Dry
5
calm
(4 km/h at 90°)
8.6 °C-
-
-
-
-

Waiongana wx

15 km ESE138 m above sea level

3 hours ago
dry
0
calm
(0 km/h at °)
0
7 °C-
-
-
-
0

LeppertonNZ

16 km E53 m above sea level

42 minutes ago
Dry
wind obs. (6 kph from 135 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
11.6 °C-
-
-
-
-

Tumahu wx

24 km S216 m above sea level

2 hours ago
dry
10
light winds from the N
(11 km/h at 3°)
15
12 °C-
-
-
-
0

Tikorangi

25 km E91 m above sea level

50 minutes ago
Dry
10
light winds from the NE
(11 km/h at 45°)
11 °C-
-
-
-
-

Opunake

42 km S49 m above sea level

50 minutes ago
Dry
15
light winds from the N
(17 km/h at 0°)
14 °C-
-
-
-
-

* NOTE: not all weather observatories update at the same frequency which is the reason why some locations may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones. We also include passing Ship data if it is recorded close to Back Beach and within an acceptable time window.

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