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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Fri	Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	3	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 S	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 W	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	7	12	12	18	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	7	8	7	6	6	6	10	10
Energy(?)	414	393	635	761	713	485	383	417	509	708	252	245	198	226	120	299	231	201	185	164	216	450
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross	glass	on	cross	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		10:25AM 3.59		10:49PM 3.44	11:11AM 3.33		11:33PM 3.14	11:58AM 3.36		12:20AM 3.12	12:44PM 3.32		1:05AM 3.04		1:28PM 3.21	1:48AM 2.90		2:12PM 3.05	2:35AM 2.77		2:51PM 2.96	3:22AM 2.92
Low Tide / height (m)		4:11AM 0.44	4:39PM 0.43		4:56AM 0.05	5:28PM 0.08		5:45AM 0.02	6:17PM 0.07		6:31AM 0.05		7:03PM 0.12	7:17AM 0.15		7:47PM 0.20	7:54AM 0.28		8:34PM 0.36	8:48AM 0.48		9:18PM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	18	19	16	20	21	15	19	21	15	18	18	15	19	20	16	19	19	18	20	20	16
Low °C	15	18	18	14	17	19	14	17	19	14	17	18	15	18	18	16	18	18	17	19	18	15
Chill °C (?)	16	18	19	15	20	21	14	19	21	15	18	18	14	19	20	15	18	18	17	20	20	14
Sunrise	-	6:01	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.1 SW	0.4 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	13	12	10	12	12	11	11	11	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.7 W	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.1 S	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.1 NW	0.5 SW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 S	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 SW	0.2 W	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	8	7	12	20	7	18	16	15	11	15	6	14	14	14	8	14	14	14	14	14	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 SSE	1.7 S	1.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 W	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	5	7	7	3	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	7	7	8	7	6	6	6	6	-

	Fri	Saturday 03								Sunday 04								Monday 05
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach 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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Bell Block Reef Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.7 SSE	1.1 WSW	1.6 SSE	0.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	12	12	12	7	7	7	12	7	19	12	11	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	15
Energy(?)	236	254	236	311	501	786	635	675	636	761	637	628	594	605	759	381	758	533	620	655	491	401
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)	9:56PM 3.33					10:22AM 3.23				10:44PM 3.11				11:11AM 3.33				11:33PM 3.14				12:01PM 3.71
Low Tide / height (m)				4:11AM 0.44				4:37PM 0.16				4:56AM 0.05				5:26PM 0.06				5:45AM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	15	15	18	18	18	19	16	15	14	14	17	20	21	21	15	14	14	15	16	19
Chill °C (?)	16	16	15	15	18	18	18	19	15	14	13	13	17	20	21	21	15	13	14	15	15	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	7	7	8	12	12	12	10	10	10	12	9	9	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.9 S	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	7	7	6	12	12	12	20	12	12	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.2 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.6 SSW	-	0.5 S	-	-	0.5 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	2	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	-	4	-	-	5	-

	Friday 02				Saturday 03
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach 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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Bell Block Reef Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.6 S	2.2 SSE	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	7	7	10
Energy(?)	225	229	236	229	414	414	326	343	343	330	393	387	374	399	501	277	371	468	520	605	784	285
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:56PM 3.33													10:19AM 3.21
Low Tide / height (m)										4:05AM 0.14												4:39PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	1
High °C	18	17	16	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	19
Chill °C (?)	18	17	16	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	18	18	18	18	18	18	15	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	13	13	8	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 S
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	8	8	13	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	12	12	12	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	-	-	1.2 S	1.4 S	1.6 S	2.2 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	5	5	-	-	6	7	7	7	-