Opunake Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Reports
(Taranaki, New Zealand)
Opunake Beach Spot ID
Type: beach
Reliability: fairly consistent
Best: Swell SW | Wind NNE
Sea Temperature Today is: 17.8 °C
| Sat | Sunday 23 | |||
| 10PM | 1AM | 4AM | 7AM | |
| Wave (m) |
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 WSW |
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| Period (s) | 11 | 11 | 8 | 8 |
| Wind (km/h) |  |
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| Wind State | cross- on |
cross- on |
on | cross- on |
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Opunake Beach in Taranaki is an exposed beach break that has quite consistent surf. Spring and Summer provide the optimum conditions. Offshore winds are from the north northeast. Tends to receive a mix of groundswells and windswells and the ideal swell angle is from the southwest. A choice of left and right reefs. Good surf at all stages of the tide. Rarely crowded here. Take care of rocks in the line up.
Forecast Wave Energy (Power): 12hrs
Tide Times:
For Opunake Bay, New Zealand, 1 km from Opunake Beach.
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Opunake Beach Tide Times and Tide Chart
Live Weather:
At NewallWX, 22 km from Opunake Beach.
light winds from the W km/h |  Dry | Air temperature 17.5 °C |
Overall Opunake Beach Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in February
Wind stats for Opunake Beach: see the variation in direction and stength by month.
Surf photos from
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Use this relief map to navigate to Taranaki surf spots and tide stations that are in the area of Opunake Beach
Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Opunake Beach:
(click location name for more details)- Closest break1 mi
- Second closest break4 mi
- Third closest break5 mi
- Fourth closest break5 mi
- Fifth closest break6 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Opunake Beach:
- Closest wave buoy98 mi
- Second closest wave buoy124 mi
- Third closest wave buoy128 mi
- Fourth closest wave buoy193 mi
- Fifth closest wave buoy250 mi
Tide stations nearest to Opunake Beach:
- Closest tide stationOpunake Bay1 mi
- Second closest tide stationHawera24 mi
- Third closest tide stationPort Taranaki29 mi
- Fourth closest tide stationNew Plymouth32 mi
- Fifth closest tide stationWaitara River Entrance39 mi
Airports
- The closest passenger airport to Opunake Beach is New Plymouth Airport (NPL) in New Zealand, 58 km (36 miles) away (directly).
- The second nearest airport to Opunake Beach is Wanganui Airport (WAG), also in New Zealand, 114 km (71 miles) away.
- Third is Palmerston North Airport (PMR) in New Zealand, 178 km (111 miles) away.
- Paraparaumu Airport (PPQ) in New Zealand is 187 km (116 miles) away.
- Taupo Airport (TUO), also in New Zealand is the fifth nearest airport to Opunake Beach and is 208 km (129 miles) away.
This is the Surf-Forecast page for Opunake Beach, Taranaki. Use the tab navigation above to view Opunake Beach sea temperature, Opunake Beach photographs, Opunake Beach detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Opunake Beach webcams, current wind from Taranaki live weather stations and Opunake Beach tide predictions. The New Zealand swell maps link will open up the big picture showing New Zealand and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from New Zealand wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around Opunake Beach.
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