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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	Thu	Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01
	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	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kina Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	0	0	4	4	2	4	3	4	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 W	0.8 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	0.5 SW	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.5 NW	0.5 WSW	0.7 W	0.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	13	8	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	9	8	12	9	8	7	8	13	5	12
Energy(?)	416	464	710	2590	2142	2037	1482	793	818	770	400	339	1481	1701	87	1936	1898	786	1051	219	37	93
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	2:14AM 2.60		2:54PM 2.30	3:22AM 2.12		3:30PM 2.76		4:45AM 2.42	5:05PM 2.51		5:02AM 2.51	5:46PM 2.12		6:28AM 2.04	6:57PM 2.12		7:23AM 2.88		7:47PM 3.11	8:31AM 2.91		8:57PM 3.20
Low Tide / height (m)		8:35AM 0.44		9:09PM 0.43	9:22AM 0.52		10:02PM 0.49	10:58AM 1.06		11:28PM 0.99	11:17AM 0.67		12:27AM 0.99	12:52PM 0.65		1:34AM 0.53		1:56PM 0.60	2:14AM 0.68		2:36PM 0.41	3:17AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	11	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	3	4	3	2	4	-	-	-
High °C	17	21	17	15	17	17	14	17	19	17	20	15	16	19	22	16	19	18	18	19	19	18
Low °C	15	20	16	14	16	17	13	16	18	15	19	15	15	17	21	15	17	17	17	18	19	17
Chill °C (?)	16	21	16	14	16	16	14	17	19	17	20	13	14	19	22	14	19	18	17	18	18	18
Sunrise	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:51	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.7 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 SW	2.0 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	2.5 NNW	3.0 N	0.5 WSW	0.9 NNW	0.1 SW	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	10	8	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	9	12	12	10	10	15	6	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.1 W	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.2 S	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	2.2 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.3 SW	0.9 WSW	0.2 S	0.4 SW
Period (s)	16	13	18	15	13	22	6	6	6	17	7	15	14	13	5	11	9	8	10	6	7	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NNW	0.6 N	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.9 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	-	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.5 NW	-	0.7 W	-
Period (s)	3	4	8	14	13	-	-	-	-	3	4	8	9	8	-	9	8	7	8	-	5	-

	Thu	Friday 26								Saturday 27								Sunday 28
	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	Marokopa Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	South Beach (Wanganui) Wanganui-Manawatu	South Beach (Wanganui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	4	2	2	2	2	0	3	0	0	4	5	4	4	0	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.7 W	1.6 WNW	0.8 SW	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	17	10	10	11	13	14	8	8	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1519	416	486	459	464	2297	710	683	707	2590	3708	2466	2142	1071	1533	1304	1567	1308	1047	1096	1014	720
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	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	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			2:34AM 2.18				2:54PM 2.30				3:03AM 2.55				3:43PM 2.23					4:07AM 2.58
Low Tide / height (m)	8:14PM 0.47				8:35AM 0.44				9:47PM 0.99								9:55PM 0.72	10:08PM 0.57				10:23AM 0.92
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	10	2	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	15	16	17	21	18	17	16	15	14	15	14	16	17	17	16	15	14	14	14	18	18
Chill °C (?)	14	14	15	16	21	17	16	15	14	13	15	13	15	16	16	15	14	13	14	14	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.4 WSW	1.2 W	2.3 WSW	0.7 SW	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.6 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.1 S	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	11	8	14	14	8	9	14	14	14	13	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 S	0.8 WSW	0.1 N	0.4 WSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 NW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	-	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 W	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	17	16	16	16	13	13	18	16	15	15	7	14	13	-	12	12	20	6	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 NNW	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	1.7 NNW	1.7 W	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 W	-	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	4	4	4	6	8	8	8	14	-	13	13	13	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 25				Friday 26
	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	Marokopa Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	South Beach (Wanganui) Wanganui-Manawatu	South Beach (Wanganui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	4	2	2	2	2	0	3	0	0	4	5	4	4	0	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.2 W	1.2 WSW	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.3 W	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	17	16	16	16	10	16	10	10	10	10	16	11	11	8	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	14
Energy(?)	1395	235	235	232	418	1291	419	496	460	493	1941	459	459	602	464	464	2462	2462	2294	3623	3532	3747
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)									3:05AM 2.49											2:44PM 2.84
Low Tide / height (m)		8:24PM 0.38												8:35AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	3	2	-	4
High °C	16	17	16	15	15	17	15	15	15	16	15	17	18	19	21	22	18	17	18	17	19	17
Chill °C (?)	16	16	15	14	14	16	14	14	14	15	15	16	17	18	21	22	17	16	17	16	19	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.2 W	1.4 WSW	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.3 W	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 W	0.1 N
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	11	11	8	8	8	14	14	14	14	15	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.2 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	1.5 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.8 NW	-	-
Period (s)	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	13	13	13	13	13	7	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 W	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.5 NNW	0.8 NW	0.5 N	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.5 N	0.8 NW	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	2.1 NNW	2.2 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.9 NNW	-	3.0 W
Period (s)	-	6	6	6	3	8	3	7	7	4	7	4	4	4	4	4	6	7	6	6	-	14