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 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			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	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	2	0	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	2	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 NNW	0.6 W	1.3 W	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.0 WSW	2.3 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SW	1.6 NNW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	6	14	12	11	10	12	13	13	19	17	16	14	14	13	13	12	12	7
Energy	266	205	239	216	191	205	604	773	632	1281	1217	1043	1217	3181	1341	1246	1042	536	209	104	48	346
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:15PM 3.33	12:32AM 3.08		1:14PM 3.17	1:45AM 2.91		2:08PM 2.69	2:39AM 2.85		3:14PM 2.57		3:45AM 2.73	4:24PM 2.51		4:51AM 2.66	5:21PM 2.45		5:56AM 2.89		6:31PM 2.82	6:52AM 2.92
Low Tide / height (m)			6:19PM 0.17	6:57AM 0.27		7:31PM 0.40	8:04AM 0.44		8:24PM 0.52	9:08AM 0.56		9:28PM 0.64	10:12AM 0.62		10:33PM 1.02	11:15AM 0.63		11:27PM 0.70		12:10PM 0.78	12:43AM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	62
High °C	13	14	11	16	15	15	16	16	14	16	16	15	17	17	14	15	17	14	16	17	16	17
Low °C	11	13	8	10	15	14	13	14	12	13	15	14	15	16	13	14	14	13	14	17	15	17
Chill °C (?)	12	13	10	16	14	14	16	16	14	16	16	14	17	17	13	14	17	13	15	16	14	15
Sunrise	7:24	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28
Sunset	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 W	1.3 W	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 WSW	2.3 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SW	1.6 NNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	14	12	11	10	12	13	13	12	17	16	14	14	13	13	12	12	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.5 N	0.2 WSW	0.3 WNW	0.9 NNW	1.0 NW	0.7 NW	0.8 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	1.0 WSW	0.4 SSE	-	0.2 NNW	-	0.1 N	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	22	20	20	5	18	11	6	10	9	15	12	11	19	5	-	6	-	8	-	12	17	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 NNE	0.6 N	0.4 ENE	1.1 NNW	1.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNE	-	0.6 NE	1.1 N	1.5 N	2.1 N	-
Period (s)	-	3	4	3	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	5	-	4	6	7	8	-

	Wednesday 20					Thursday 21								Friday 22								Sat
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Bell Block Reef Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.1 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.1 NNW	0.6 W	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	6	6	6	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	10	10
Energy	266	261	205	206	202	239	206	109	216	122	191	180	151	205	613	643	604	600	773	728	664	632
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	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	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			12:15PM 3.33				12:39AM 3.14				1:14PM 3.17				1:38AM 3.00				2:08PM 2.69
Low Tide / height (m)	6:08AM 0.44				6:23PM 0.39				6:57AM 0.27				7:24PM 0.67				8:04AM 0.44				8:24PM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	13	14	13	13	10	11	9	10	15	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	16	16	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	10	12	13	13	12	9	9	7	9	13	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	16	16	14	14	13
Sunrise	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 NNW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.1 NNW	1.1 NNW	0.6 W	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	5	13	12	12	6	6	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.3 N	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.4 WSW	0.5 N	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	22	20	20	4	20	20	21	13	5	18	18	12	12	11	18	11	6	6	10	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 NNE	-	0.6 N	0.6 N	1.1 N	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.5 N	1.1 NNW	-	-	1.2 NNW	1.1 N	1.0 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	4	4	5	2	3	6	6	-	-	7	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 20	Thursday 21
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Bell Block Reef Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	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	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period(s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	290	278	266	266	261	261	206	206	205	205	206	206	206	203	202	202	239	239	236	224	206	211
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							12:15PM 3.33												12:32AM 3.08
Low Tide / height (m)	6:08AM 0.44												6:28PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	10	10	9	11	11
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	9	9	9	8	9	9
Sunrise	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	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	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.5 N	0.1 W	0.1 W
Period (s)	22	22	22	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	4	4	4	4	20	20	20	20	20	5	21	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.4 ENE	1.1 N	1.1 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	6