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Back Beach surf Forecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 29 Mar 2024 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 18.4°C (Statistics for 29 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 18.3 °C max: 19.4 °C min: 16.5 °C)
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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 18.4°C (Statistics for 29 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 18.3 °C max: 19.4 °C min: 16.5 °C)


How big are the waves at Back Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 7PM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 5.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)--
Afternoon (29 Mar)11ft (3.5m)12s
Evening (29 Mar)10ft (3.0m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Update imminent
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sunday
31
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Sat
06
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
WSW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
0.9
SW
1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.7
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
Period(s) (?)121212121212121212121212121212121212131414151515151514141414141313131313131313131212121212121213131415151413131313141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)3025258824462224192017221426125611581064902902902822822822822850921127113071343139913611343132513071203117011381005880769689604555555486479423397330325325325243328373253379576122518002060211322391944206621852032
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
15
SE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
5
SW
10
SSW
10
S
5
S
5
ESE
0
SSE
0
E
5
NE
5
NNW
10
WNW
10
W
5
S
10
ESE
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
10
NE
5
NNE
0
NE
5
E
5
ENE
5
E
5
ENE
10
NE
10
NNW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
WNW
20
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
5
SW
5
W
10
W
10
ESE
10
S
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
glassglassglasscrosscross-
on
onglassoffoffoffoffcross-
off
glassglassoffglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoncross-
off
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:17AM
3.20
1:32PM
3.08
1:54AM
3.07
2:13PM
2.91
2:41AM
2.91
3:09PM
2.75
3:45AM
2.77
4:30PM
2.65
5:12AM
2.73
5:54PM
2.67
6:34AM
2.85
7:08PM
2.82
7:39AM
3.08
8:11PM
3.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:16PM
0.60
7:32AM
0.80
7:53PM
0.76
8:14AM
0.97
8:36PM
0.94
9:07AM
1.13
9:30PM
1.10
10:14AM
1.23
10:44PM
1.18
11:36AM
1.21
12:10AM
1.11
12:56PM
1.02
1:24AM
0.89
2:02PM
0.72
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sunday
31
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Sat
06
Sunrise------7:35-------7:37-------7:37-------7:39-------7:39-------7:41-------7:41-----
Sunset-7:21-------7:19-------7:17-------7:15-------7:15-------7:13-------7:12-------7:09--
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161310111111141617141313141314161816131212121416171615141414161717171615151517181816161616171718171717161413141618161515
Feels °C (?)1197888111213101010121112141514121112121315151515121212151617181615151517171615151616171617171717141111131617151313

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