Bell Block Reef surf break

Bell Block Reef surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 07 Dec 2025 NZDT
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Bell Block Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Bell Block Reef sea temperature is
19.0° C
(Which is 2.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Bell Block Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Bell Block Reef at 8PM is: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm December 07). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Dec)--
Afternoon (07 Dec)5.5ft (1.7m)13s
Evening (07 Dec)5ft (1.5m)12s

Table - waves today at Bell Block Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
2
3
3
3
3
3
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.6
W
1.8
W
1.9
W
1.4
WSW
1.5
W
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
Period(s) (?)131212121212121211131212111212121211111210111213
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8387426345485895896396176401053993549498413400477438471455461274325344361
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
10
W
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NE
10
NE
10
N
15
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
ESE
5
SSE
5
WNW
10
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
10
SSW
5
S
10
SSW
5
SSE
10
W
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:29AM
3.07
12:56PM
3.24
1:20AM
2.94
1:47PM
3.10
2:12AM
2.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:26PM
0.08
6:43AM
0.09
7:18PM
0.18
7:34AM
0.23
8:11PM
0.32
8:27AM
0.39
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Sunrise-----5:50-------5:50-------5:50--
Sunset-8:37-------8:38-------8:38------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201918171717192020191817161619212121181615151920
Feels °C (?)181818181716191920192018161619201819181614151816
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