Taranaki Surf

Detailed Taranaki surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Taranaki. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Taranaki. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Taranaki over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Taranaki and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Taranaki Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Taranaki Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Taranaki coastline are also listed below.

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	Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wed
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Whangaehu River Mouth Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kina Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki
Rating	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	4	0	0	4	4	4	4	0	0	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 W	0.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.9 W	2.0 WSW	1.8 W	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	0.5 W	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	7	20	18	16	16	7	8	7	8	9	13	13	14	15	9	14	13	12	12	12	20	18
Energy(?)	72	94	418	566	555	591	612	368	1187	976	3674	1741	1863	1099	1086	1751	1523	803	447	546	372	659
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)	11:16AM 3.14		12:00AM 2.54	11:56AM 3.28		12:51AM 2.79	12:31PM 3.63		12:53AM 3.47		1:08PM 3.57	1:32AM 3.40		1:48PM 3.43	2:15AM 3.27		2:34PM 3.24	3:05AM 3.10		3:31PM 3.02		4:10AM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)		5:58PM 0.02		5:46AM 0.06	6:45PM 0.63		6:25AM 0.28			7:03AM 0.09		7:29PM 0.37	7:46AM 0.50		8:11PM 0.51	8:33AM 0.69		8:57PM 0.71	9:29AM 0.91		9:53PM 0.93	10:09AM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	17	18	19	17	19	19	16	17	18	16	17	18	16	18	20	17	19	19	18	20
Low °C	18	18	16	17	18	16	18	17	10	16	16	14	17	17	13	16	19	16	17	18	17	18
Chill °C (?)	19	19	16	18	18	16	18	18	15	16	18	15	16	17	14	18	20	17	19	19	18	20
Sunrise	6:48	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01
Sunset	-	8:17	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	11	16	7	15	14	16	15	9	13	13	14	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	7	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.8 WSW	0.1 N	0.2 W	-	0.1 N	1.0 WSW	-	0.8 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.7 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 N	0.3 NNE	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	18	11	16	10	18	-	8	13	-	16	9	9	11	8	9	8	8	4	11	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	1.6 W	1.1 WNW	1.9 W	2.0 WSW	1.8 W	2.5 WSW	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	1.2 W	2.0 WSW	0.5 SSE	-	-	-	0.4 N	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	4	6	7	7	8	7	8	-	13	-	-	7	9	4	-	-	-	4	-	-

	Wednesday 18					Thursday 19								Friday 20								Sat
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Whangaehu River Mouth Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	0.5 W	0.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 W	0.7 WSW	1.7 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	7	20	11	5	5	18	6	16	16	16	16	16	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	9
Energy(?)	465	68	94	407	109	114	488	282	566	587	555	559	632	591	604	617	612	570	621	724	959	590
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		11:42AM 2.62				12:16AM 2.76				11:56AM 3.28				12:16AM 3.48				12:31PM 3.63
Low Tide / height (m)				5:34PM 0.09				6:08AM 0.03				6:10PM 0.29				6:25AM 0.28				6:49PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	19	19	19	16	14	17	15	17	19	18	19	17	16	16	17	18	19	19	17	15	14
Chill °C (?)	18	19	19	19	15	13	16	14	16	19	17	18	16	15	15	16	17	18	18	16	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.7 WSW	0.3 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 NW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	11	8	8	11	8	8	18	17	16	16	7	16	7	15	15	15	14	15	16	16	15	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.5 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.7 SW	0.3 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 WSW	0.1 N	0.8 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.2 W	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	15	11	11	20	19	18	11	8	11	11	16	14	16	10	10	9	18	9	9	9	9	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 W	0.6 W	-	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WSW	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	7	7	-	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	-

	Wednesday 18	Thursday 19
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Whangaehu River Mouth Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	1.0 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	1.0 WSW	0.5 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 W
Period(s) (?)	11	7	7	11	7	7	11	7	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	18	18	18	18	18	6
Energy(?)	468	72	72	337	70	68	393	56	363	431	406	404	402	402	400	411	430	418	425	475	488	108
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)					11:55AM 2.84												11:41PM 3.43
Low Tide / height (m)											5:33PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	17	14
Chill °C (?)	16	16	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	12
Sunrise	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 W
Period (s)	11	8	8	11	8	8	11	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	18	18	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 WSW	0.1 SW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	16	12	12	21	12	11	21	11	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	11	11	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	0.3 NW
Period (s)	-	7	7	-	7	7	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	5	4