Bell Block Reef surf break

Bell Block Reef surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Sunday 07 Sep 2025 NZST
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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
14.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Bell Block Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Bell Block Reef at 1AM is: 3.0m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 07). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Sep)7.5ft (2.3m)14s
Afternoon (08 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)13s
Evening (08 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)13s

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

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Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
4
4
4
4
2
2
3
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
1.8
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.2
WSW
2
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
W
1.5
WNW
2.2
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
W
3
W
3.5
WNW
3
W
Period(s) (?)131314141414131313131212121212111166810111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)44084120335721412046165814011137101189469957952243237540045426256012272763247225212228
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
10
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
5
E
10
WNW
15
SW
10
S
5
SSE
5
E
10
E
10
NNE
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
NW
30
NW
35
NNW
35
NW
25
W
25
WNW
40
WNW
40
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
oncrosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
crossonononononononcross-
on
ononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:32PM
3.25
9:53AM
3.17
10:10PM
3.38
10:32AM
3.27
10:49PM
3.42
11:12AM
3.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:45AM
0.00
3:59PM
-0.02
4:25AM
-0.13
4:40PM
-0.09
5:05AM
-0.16
5:22PM
-0.07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Sunrise----6:35-------6:33-------6:31---
Sunset-------6:06-------6:07-------6:07
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-----------------1631-12
Temp. °C10988913131210987101212121212131415151412
Feels °C (?)66334997775477767778111074
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  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Bell Block Reef (light winds from the SSW at NewPlymouthAero Aws 4 km from Bell Block Reef). A 3.6m groundswell from the WSW is too big for here

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7 km/h
SSW
Clean
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