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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	Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sun
	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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki
Rating	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.0 N	1.2 N	1.4 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.1 NNW
Period(s)	17	16	15	14	13	17	16	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	16	6	6	7	9	9	9
Energy	1375	1042	566	528	354	560	554	478	563	266	205	200	221	129	201	307	205	254	230	534	292	398
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	9:42AM 3.26		10:11PM 3.66	10:30AM 3.25		10:58PM 3.35	11:20AM 3.17		11:48PM 3.28		12:15PM 3.33	12:42AM 3.45		1:14PM 3.17	1:38AM 3.00		2:17PM 3.00	2:41AM 2.85		3:14PM 2.57		3:43AM 2.71
Low Tide / height (m)		3:48PM -0.06		4:24AM 0.04	4:42PM 0.12		5:15AM 0.07	5:35PM 0.06		6:08AM 0.44		6:28PM 0.48	7:04AM 0.30		7:24PM 0.36	8:04AM 0.44		8:26PM 0.52	9:07AM 0.87		9:26PM 0.62	10:10AM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	16	12	13	12	13	14	14	12	13	14	12	14	14	13	14	14	15	17	17	14	17
Low °C	10	14	11	11	12	12	12	12	10	10	12	11	12	13	11	11	14	14	14	16	13	14
Chill °C (?)	13	16	11	13	10	12	14	14	12	12	14	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	17	17	13	16
Sunrise	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:26
Sunset	-	5:16	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 N	0.5 SW	0.4 WNW	0.6 NW	1.4 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.1 NNW
Period (s)	17	16	15	14	13	13	16	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	5	11	13	8	7	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.2 WSW	0.6 N	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	5	-	-	5	19	17	-	-	21	22	3	4	19	5	11	16	11	11	12	14	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	-	-	0.6 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 N	-	-	1.1 N	1.0 N	1.2 N	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 17					Monday 18								Tuesday 19								Wed
	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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s)	17	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14
Energy	1375	1223	1042	1003	1003	566	594	521	528	561	354	318	255	560	559	575	554	519	478	553	547	563
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	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	high
High Tide / height (m)		9:33AM 3.16				10:11PM 3.66				10:30AM 3.25				10:58PM 3.35				11:20AM 3.17				11:48PM 3.28
Low Tide / height (m)				3:57PM -0.06				4:24AM 0.04				4:43PM -0.05				5:15AM 0.07				5:35PM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	14	16	12	13	12	11	10	11	13	12	14	14	13	12	12	12	14	14	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	9	14	16	11	13	11	10	9	11	13	10	14	14	13	12	12	12	14	14	11	12	11
Sunrise	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	17	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	15	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 SW
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	19	19	18	17	16	-	-	-	-	-	22	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	-	-	0.6 SSE	-	-	0.5 SSE	0.7 SE	0.6 SSE	-	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	5	-	-	4	4	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 17	Monday 18
	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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s)	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14
Energy	1312	1212	1375	1103	1099	1223	1048	1011	1042	1027	1027	1003	1003	1016	1003	1014	581	566	551	507	594	594
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				9:42AM 3.26													10:11PM 3.66
Low Tide / height (m)										3:57PM -0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	10	10	11	12	14	16	16	16	14	13	12	12	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	7	9	9	11	12	14	16	16	16	14	12	11	11	14	13	11	11	11	11	11	10	10
Sunrise	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	-
Period (s)	12	5	5	5	12	-	-	-	-	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	-	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	4	-	5	5	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	4	4