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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	Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thu
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	2	0	4	4	0	3	0	0	4	3	0	3	1	0	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.6 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NNW	0.7 NW	1.0 NNW	1.9 SW	2.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 W	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	11	10	10	9	7	8	10	10	10	9	13	17	16	14	16	6	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	164	227	378	272	184	262	545	711	1174	1080	1407	1761	2097	2790	1750	1158	1455	151	385	319	298	244
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		4:56PM 2.17		5:55AM 2.41	6:35PM 2.51		7:18AM 2.31		7:43PM 2.62	8:14AM 2.49		8:37PM 2.80	8:56AM 3.04		9:21PM 3.00	9:32AM 2.87		10:01PM 3.19	10:15AM 3.13		10:38PM 3.37	10:45AM 3.21
Low Tide / height (m)	10:51AM 1.15		11:15PM 1.06	12:18PM 1.25		12:49AM 1.14		1:39PM 1.21	2:01AM 1.07		2:32PM 0.98	2:50AM 0.84		3:14PM 0.73	3:31AM 0.60		3:52PM 0.49		4:03AM 0.25	4:29PM 0.12		4:35AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	4	1	4	8	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-
High °C	18	20	19	20	24	20	18	17	14	18	18	16	17	18	16	18	19	15	18	19	16	17
Low °C	16	20	17	19	22	16	17	16	13	15	17	16	17	17	13	17	17	13	17	17	14	15
Chill °C (?)	18	20	19	20	24	20	18	16	12	18	18	15	16	17	15	18	19	14	18	19	15	16
Sunrise	7:16	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:24
Sunset	-	7:49	-	-	7:44	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:44	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:38	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.6 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NNW	0.7 NW	1.0 NNW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 W	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	12	13	11	10	10	9	11	11	10	10	20	9	18	17	16	16	16	6	13	13	13	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.6 WSW	0.7 NNE	0.9 N	0.5 SW	0.5 WSW	0.6 NNW	0.4 NW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 NW	1.2 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.3 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	15	11	6	6	11	13	9	8	22	20	13	12	12	12	12	12	19	14	17	17	7	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	-	1.9 SW	2.0 WSW	1.0 S	-	2.5 WSW	-	2.2 WSW	-	-	1.6 WSW	-	0.6 NNW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	3	-	7	8	7	-	10	-	13	-	-	14	-	4	6	5	-	-

	Thursday 12							Friday 13								Saturday 14
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Paritutu and Ngamotu Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	2	3	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 NW	0.8 NW	0.9 NNW	1.1 NW	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.7 WSW	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	1.5 WSW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	12	7	8	8	8
Energy(?)	250	239	237	137	227	289	406	378	345	397	272	207	203	215	216	106	252	337	545	841	480	652
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		4:25AM 2.28				5:09PM 2.34				5:49AM 2.21				6:35PM 2.51					7:13AM 2.30
Low Tide / height (m)				10:51AM 1.25				11:25PM 1.31				12:23PM 1.36				12:36AM 1.02					1:39PM 1.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	1	1	1	1	3	2	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	15	14	16	18	20	18	19	18	17	19	19	20	21	20	20	20	17	16	17	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	14	13	15	18	20	18	18	18	16	19	19	20	21	20	20	20	16	14	16	16	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 NW	0.8 NW	0.9 NNW	1.1 NW	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 WSW	2.2 SW	0.8 WSW	0.3 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	11	8	11	23
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 N	0.3 SSE	0.3 NW	0.5 N	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 NNE	0.8 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 NNW	1.0 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	6	4	15	5	11	11	12	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	11	11	13	12	9	11	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 N	0.4 NE	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 SSE	1.5 WSW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	-	6	3	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	7	7	8	8

	Thursday 12
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Paritutu and Ngamotu Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	2	3	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	250	250	257	155	149	145	220	164	164	186	195	142	142	236	227	375	314	298	339	509	357	416
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				4:26AM 2.44												4:47PM 2.11	5:14PM 2.49
Low Tide / height (m)										10:49AM 1.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	11	15	15	15	15	15	16	17	18	18	19	19	20	22	20	20	20	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	15	15	10	15	15	15	14	14	15	16	18	18	19	19	20	22	20	20	20	19	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.1 NW	0.4 SSE	0.4 NNE	0.4 N	0.2 SSE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 SW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	5	5	9	4	5	6	4	15	15	14	14	14	14	11	11	12	11	11	11	12	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.5 SE	-	-	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	-	0.7 NE	-	-	-	0.9 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.8 NE
Period (s)	-	-	4	4	-	-	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	-	4	-	-	-	6	5	4