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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	Tue	Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 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	Back Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	The Point (nr Wainui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	1	2	3	1	0	3	4	3	3	3	3	1	3	3	2	2	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 NW	1.4 S	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.1 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.0 SSE	0.8 SW	2.1 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.0 S	1.4 SSE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.5 S
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	10	10	7	7	14	13	13	12	7	8	8	12	8	8	8	7	11	11	7
Energy(?)	459	402	299	245	192	404	292	648	694	977	741	732	878	637	199	650	510	575	303	211	136	421
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:15AM 2.32		7:52PM 2.69	8:30AM 2.84		8:42PM 2.63	9:10AM 2.82		9:29PM 2.76	10:09AM 2.68		10:25PM 2.67	10:48AM 2.83		11:03PM 2.79	11:24AM 2.96		11:39PM 2.88	11:59AM 3.05		12:05AM 3.32
Low Tide / height (m)	12:52AM 0.87		1:37PM 1.01	2:12AM 1.07		2:44PM 1.11	2:58AM 0.86		3:28PM 0.99	3:41AM 0.75		4:19PM 0.63		4:34AM 0.48	4:39PM 0.66		5:12AM 0.36	5:35PM 0.36		5:47AM 0.26	6:19PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	13	8	2	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	19	21	18	19	21	18	18	18	17	21	22	17	19	18	15	18	20	15	20	21	18
Low °C	15	19	20	18	19	20	16	18	18	16	18	20	13	16	16	13	15	18	13	17	21	15
Chill °C (?)	16	19	21	18	19	21	18	17	17	17	21	22	16	19	18	13	18	20	14	20	21	18
Sunrise	-	6:11	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:49	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 NW	0.6 WNW	1.1 W	1.7 WNW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	10	10	9	10	10	7	7	9	7	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.4 SSW	0.3 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.1 SW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	12	11	10	15	14	13	11	11	10	10	10	5	10	9	9	17	14	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.8 NNW	1.6 NNW	0.9 N	1.4 S	1.1 NW	-	1.0 S	1.6 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.0 SSE	0.2 S	2.1 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.0 S	1.4 SSE	1.0 S	1.6 S	1.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	4	5	7	6	7	6	-	6	7	7	8	8	3	8	8	8	7	6	6	7

	Tue	Wednesday 14								Thursday 15								Friday 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	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	The Point (nr Wainui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 SW	1.3 NW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 S	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	7	14	14	14	14	14	6	14
Energy(?)	614	540	534	418	380	327	299	292	233	245	241	219	192	233	404	409	777	958	702	686	129	684
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on
Tide State(?)	-	low	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					7:34AM 2.72				7:52PM 2.69				8:35AM 2.39				8:54PM 2.40				9:32AM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)		12:52AM 0.87	1:01AM 0.91				1:44PM 1.10				2:15AM 0.89				2:39PM 1.00				3:08AM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	2	2	8	6	3	1	1	-	-	1	1	1	1
Temp. °C	16	15	15	16	19	19	21	19	19	19	18	18	19	20	20	21	18	17	16	16	19	18
Chill °C (?)	16	15	15	16	19	19	21	19	19	19	18	18	19	20	20	21	18	17	16	15	19	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.0 S	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 SW	0.7 WSW	0.8 N	1.0 S	1.1 NW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	15	10	6	6	7	14	14	7	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.7 NNW	0.9 N	0.8 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.2 NW	1.3 NW	-	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	6	5	6	7	7	7	-	7

	Tuesday 13				Wednesday 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	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	The Point (nr Wainui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.6 W	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	686	627	603	525	460	459	550	545	462	507	409	419	414	406	402	428	380	335	333	336	88	273
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)													7:33AM 2.29
Low Tide / height (m)							1:02AM 1.02												1:49PM 1.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	18	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	16	16	18	19	20	19	19	19	21	20	21
Chill °C (?)	18	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	14	15	16	18	19	20	19	19	19	21	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.6 W	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 NW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 W	0.6 NW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	14	6	6	14	6	6	6	6	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	5	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	1.0 W	-	1.0 W	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	0.6 N
Period (s)	-	-	9	-	-	-	6	6	-	6	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4