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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	Wed	Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	0	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	4	4	0	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.6 W	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.9 WNW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.2 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	6	16	16	15	11	11	13	11	11	11	11	12	6	8	10	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	185	138	230	494	339	223	300	362	556	530	347	253	278	283	280	759	1338	1529	1758	428	672	712
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	cross	cross	glass	on	glass	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:08AM 2.63		7:30PM 2.53	8:29AM 3.16		8:52PM 3.11	9:25AM 3.38		10:24PM 2.65	10:12AM 3.15		10:36PM 3.05	11:00AM 3.30		11:23PM 3.48	11:43AM 3.70		12:02AM 3.16	12:22PM 3.35		12:39AM 3.10
Low Tide / height (m)	12:46AM 0.65		1:27PM 0.72	1:48AM 0.53		2:44PM 0.84	3:10AM 0.71		3:39PM 0.63			4:29PM 0.46		4:46AM 0.10	5:18PM 0.07		5:32AM 0.30	5:58PM 0.32		6:12AM 0.02	6:34PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	19	20	16	19	20	16	18	21	15	18	19	21	21	19	16	17	17	14	20	19	16
Low °C	17	18	18	15	18	19	16	18	19	12	17	19	18	20	18	13	16	17	13	19	18	13
Chill °C (?)	17	19	20	15	19	20	16	18	21	15	18	19	21	21	18	14	16	16	13	20	19	16
Sunrise	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.2 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.5 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 NW	2.5 WSW	0.2 NNW	2.5 WSW	1.2 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	13	10	18	7	6	15	11	11	13	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	10	11	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 S	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 NNW	0.1 N	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	8	13	8	16	16	11	14	13	12	12	7	6	11	11	16	15	11	13	10	9	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.6 W	-	-	0.7 WSW	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.9 NNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 WSW	-	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	-	6	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	4	6	8	-	12	-	-	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 29								Friday 30								Saturday 31
	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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Bell Block Reef Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.7 W	0.6 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	18	18	18	17	7	16	16	16	15	15	15	11	11	13	13	13	11
Energy(?)	331	268	597	233	138	297	273	234	220	304	356	287	339	261	290	226	208	236	513	633	443	372
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	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
High Tide / height (m)				6:59AM 2.56	7:18AM 2.97				7:43PM 2.96				8:21AM 2.78				8:52PM 3.11				9:20AM 3.19
Low Tide / height (m)		12:46AM 0.65					1:34PM 1.03				1:56AM 0.54				2:40PM 0.56				3:02AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	16	15	18	19	19	18	16	14	14	15	18	20	19	19	17	16	16	16	16	18
Chill °C (?)	17	17	16	15	18	19	19	17	15	13	13	14	18	20	19	19	17	16	16	16	15	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 WSW	1.3 SW	0.8 S	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	10	10	10	10	13	16	7	7	6	6	15	11	11	11	13	13	6	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 S	0.6 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	13	18	18	18	17	7	16	16	16	6	11	15	15	14	5	4	11	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.7 W	-	-	-	1.0 S	0.9 S	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	6	6	7	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	-

	Wednesday 28	Thursday 29
	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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Bell Block Reef Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	18	18	18	18	18	18
Energy(?)	339	325	425	395	225	185	178	160	149	58	144	143	255	224	224	138	298	297	377	354	291	286
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)													7:08AM 2.63
Low Tide / height (m)						12:44AM 1.02													1:27PM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	17	18	17	17	17	17	17	14	16	17	17	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	17	19
Chill °C (?)	18	17	17	18	17	17	17	17	17	13	16	17	17	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	16	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	11	11	8	11	11	13	13	13	10	10	10	13	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	13	13	13	10	7	7	13	18	18	18	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	-	-	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	6	6	5	-	7	7	6	6	6	6