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Murphy Beach

West Coast, New Zealand

Murphy Beach 5 photos

  • Monro Beach Nz

    Monro Beach Nz. Arnaud Wolf, CC BY 3.0. Source

  • Phormium cookianum at Knights Point 01

    Phormium cookianum at Knights Point 01. Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

  • Rock Island Knights Point 01

    Rock Island Knights Point 01. Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

  • Rock Island Knights Point 02

    Rock Island Knights Point 02. Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

  • Knights Point - panoramio

    Knights Point - panoramio. AwOiSoAk KaOsIoWa, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source

Tomorrow at a glance

Calmest: 7 am to 10 am, sunset 8:17 pm
7 am
4.2
8 km/h5 mph wind, Fair
8 am
4.3
6 km/h4 mph wind, Fair
9 am
3.6
9 km/h6 mph wind, Poor
10 am
3.3
14 km/h8 mph wind, Poor
11 am
3.6
12 km/h8 mph wind, Poor
12 pm
3.4
14 km/h9 mph wind, Poor
1 pm
3.3
15 km/h10 mph wind, Poor
2 pm
3.4
16 km/h10 mph wind, Poor
3 pm
3.5
15 km/h10 mph wind, Poor
4 pm
3.7
12 km/h7 mph wind, Poor
5 pm
3.1
11 km/h7 mph wind, Poor
6 pm
2.9
13 km/h8 mph wind, Poor
7 pm
2.9
9 km/h5 mph wind, Poor
8 pm
2.9
6 km/h4 mph wind, Poor

This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.

Better nearby today

These beaches score higher than Murphy Beach right now.

4.0Fair

Jamie Beach 14 km8.9 mi east

Scores 4.0 right now, 1.4 points above Murphy Beach.

See Jamie Beach today

Where to stay near the beach

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Forecast, hour by hour

Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
13°C55°F
Water
14°C58°F
Wind
128 km/hmph WSW
Gusts
2013 km/hmph
Waves
1.7 m5 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
falling
Rain
8%
Sunset
8:17 pm
Today
5.2Fair7 am117
5.4Fair8 am53
5.4Fair9 am21
5.3Fair10 am53
4.6Fair11 am74
4.0Fair12 pm75
3.8Poor1 pm127
3.1Poor2 pm1711
2.6Poor3 pm1912
2.4Poor4 pm2013
2.6Poor5 pm2012
3.1Poor6 pm1811
3.2Poor7 pm1710
3.5Poor8 pm159
Sat
4.2Fair7 am85
4.3Fair8 am64
3.6Poor9 am96
3.3Poor10 am148
3.6Poor11 am128
3.4Poor12 pm149
3.3Poor1 pm1510
3.4Poor2 pm1610
3.5Poor3 pm1510
3.7Poor4 pm127
3.1Poor5 pm117
2.9Poor6 pm138
2.9Poor7 pm95
2.9Poor8 pm64
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide falling now. Low at 4 am, -0.9 m. High at 10 am, 0.9 m. Low at 4 pm, -0.9 mLow 4 am, -0.9 m3 ftHigh 10 am, 0.9 m3 ftLow 4 pm, -0.9 m3 ftNow3 am9 am3 pm9 pm
  • Low 4 am, -0.9 m3 ft
  • High 10 am, 0.9 m3 ft
  • Low 4 pm, -0.9 m3 ft

Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.

The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

  • Sun2.3 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 21 km/h13 mph, rain 87%
  • Mon1.0 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 36 km/h22 mph, rain 100%
  • Tue2.8 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 41 km/h26 mph, rain 43%
  • Wed1.7 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 30 km/h19 mph, rain 100%
  • Thu1.4 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 31 km/h19 mph, rain 93%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

Facilities

We do not have facility details for this beach yet.

Getting there

Nearest airport
73 km45 miMount Cook Airport (MON)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

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