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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	Fri	Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20
	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	Desperation Point Taranaki	Bell Block Reef Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Sky Williams Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	2	2	4	0	4	4	4	4	2	2	0	3	3	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 S	1.1 S	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.3 SW	2.2 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	10	9	14	14	13	12	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	18	17	16	7	8	11	12
Energy(?)	69	202	646	1702	1321	1471	1772	1444	690	453	573	735	605	338	267	325	419	57	731	960	2515	2276
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	glass	glass	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		8:49AM 2.51		9:07PM 2.49	9:25AM 2.91		9:50PM 2.67	10:06AM 2.84		10:30PM 3.19	10:41AM 3.01		11:01PM 3.15	11:15AM 3.37		11:34PM 3.02	11:56AM 3.28		12:15AM 3.14	12:34PM 3.31		12:54AM 3.16
Low Tide / height (m)	2:28AM 0.86		3:04PM 1.03	3:14AM 0.66		3:39PM 0.73	3:56AM 0.46		4:37PM 0.40		4:27AM 0.29	4:52PM 0.24		5:08AM 0.28	5:33PM 0.41		5:46AM 0.06	6:10PM 0.29		6:25AM 0.06	6:50PM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	8	3	-	-
High °C	20	21	22	16	18	18	17	17	15	15	20	20	17	20	19	18	19	21	19	18	19	18
Low °C	17	18	19	15	15	16	15	16	15	13	18	20	16	18	19	17	18	19	17	18	18	15
Chill °C (?)	20	21	22	16	17	18	16	17	14	15	20	20	17	20	19	18	19	21	18	17	19	17
Sunrise	-	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:19	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 S	1.1 S	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.3 SW	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	3.5 W	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	12	6	10	9	14	14	13	12	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	17	16	15	14	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.6 WSW	0.5 W	1.1 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 S	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	-
Period (s)	5	12	17	12	12	12	9	11	8	8	18	17	16	22	20	18	11	8	9	9	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	-	1.4 SW	1.5 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	-	0.7 W	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.2 N	0.7 W	1.2 W	1.8 WNW	2.2 W	2.5 W	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	8	6	4	4	-	-	5	4	-	-	-	3	3	5	5	6	7	8	-	-

	Fri	Saturday 14								Sunday 15								Monday 16
	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	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Bell Block Reef Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Mangahume Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Bell Block Reef Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	1	1	0	1	2	0	2	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.5 SW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 SW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	3.0 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	7	8	10	8	9	9	9	9	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	117	69	68	90	341	600	646	1152	1492	1275	2271	1753	2585	2308	1454	3004	1337	1317	1398	1468	1156	1529
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	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	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:18PM 2.34				8:43AM 2.74				9:24PM 2.47				9:25AM 2.91				9:50PM 2.67					10:14AM 2.92
Low Tide / height (m)			2:37AM 1.06				2:59PM 0.83				3:07AM 0.65				3:44PM 0.89				3:56AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	18	17	18	18	22	21	16	15	14	14	15	16	17	15	15	16	15	15	16	18
Chill °C (?)	20	20	17	16	18	17	22	21	16	14	13	13	12	15	16	14	14	16	15	15	16	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.1 W	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	7	8	10	13	9	9	15	15	14	14	14	24	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.3 NNW	0.2 N	0.1 NW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 W	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.1 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.6 S
Period (s)	5	4	4	13	12	11	17	16	16	15	12	-	12	12	12	24	12	22	22	8	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.4 SW	2.5 SW	0.8 SSE	-	2.2 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSE	2.1 SSE	0.8 SSW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	4	4	6	8	8	6	-	9	9	8	8	4	14	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 13				Saturday 14
	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	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Bell Block Reef Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Mangahume Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Bell Block Reef Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	1	1	0	1	2	0	2	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	6	12	12	7	7	7	10	10	10
Energy(?)	120	87	65	71	69	59	68	101	68	70	118	104	197	294	202	167	316	401	401	614	652	652
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:15PM 2.32												8:43AM 2.74
Low Tide / height (m)								2:18AM 0.83													3:01PM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	20	20	19	19	20	20	17	18	20	20	17	17	18	19	20	21	22	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	21	21	20	20	19	19	20	20	16	17	20	20	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	21	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	6	6	12	7	7	7	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 W	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	5	5	4	4	5	5	4	3	4	4	18	18	12	12	12	18	11	11	11	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	-	0.3 SSE	-	1.0 SW	-	-	-	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	2	4	3	4	4	-	4	-	5	-	-	-	6	6	6