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 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	0	0	4	4	0	4	4	0	4	4	0	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.3 W	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	8	13	14	13	13	13	13	14	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	516	289	1035	2385	1629	600	1374	1226	952	1503	1588	659	950	695	726	500	763	440	231	294	179	298
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)		10:18PM 3.12	10:33AM 3.08		11:28PM 2.57	11:46AM 2.68		11:14PM 2.83	11:44AM 3.32		11:56PM 2.81	12:20PM 2.91		12:38AM 3.09	12:48PM 2.76		1:07AM 2.62		1:29PM 2.68	1:55AM 2.55		2:22PM 2.67
Low Tide / height (m)			4:24AM 0.46	4:51PM 0.43		5:38AM 0.82	5:16PM 0.44		5:38AM 0.61	6:01PM 0.33		6:07AM 0.44	6:33PM 0.82		6:36AM 0.49		7:07PM 0.60	8:04AM 1.02		7:55PM 0.70	8:10AM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	19	17	17	16	14	18	18	14	18	18	14	17	17	14	18	19	16	19	21	19	19	20
Low °C	18	16	16	16	12	17	16	14	16	17	14	16	16	12	16	19	16	18	20	17	19	20
Chill °C (?)	19	17	16	15	14	18	18	14	18	18	13	16	16	14	18	19	16	19	21	19	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-
Sunset	8:21	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:28
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	1.2 NW	1.5 WNW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.3 W	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 SW	1.2 WSW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	11	8	8	14	13	13	13	13	14	15	14	14	13	13	7	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 WNW	-	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 S	0.7 S	0.2 N	0.2 S	0.1 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	15	12	13	8	8	7	12	7	13	13	13	12	8	-	12	7	7	6	4	4	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 NW	-	-	1.1 NW	-	-	0.3 NW	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	-	0.8 S	0.3 ESE	0.9 SSE	-	-	-	0.6 NNW
Period (s)	9	-	-	7	-	-	7	-	-	-	6	-	3	5	-	4	2	6	-	-	-	5

	Wednesday 19			Thursday 20								Friday 21								Saturday 22
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Mangahume Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	3	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.2 WSW	1.1 W	2.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.4 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	6	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	516	386	369	358	83	100	1035	805	1619	468	1973	1504	1119	1097	1314	546	579	256	1261	1226	1160	1127
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low-flow	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	low
High Tide / height (m)				10:20PM 2.83				10:26AM 2.94				10:46PM 2.88				11:00AM 2.96				11:20PM 2.86
Low Tide / height (m)		4:14PM 0.67				5:04AM 0.81				4:55PM 0.32				5:03AM 0.56				5:57PM 0.90				5:30AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	18	17	16	17	16	17	17	18	17	14	14	13	13	18	18	18	17	13	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	19	18	17	15	17	16	16	17	17	16	14	14	13	13	18	18	18	16	13	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	0.5 WNW	0.3 WSW	1.5 WNW	1.1 W	2.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	11	9	9	9	9	11	8	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.4 W	1.0 NW	0.5 SW	0.6 NW	0.9 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	0.1 NW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	15	11	12	12	12	16	13	10	8	14	8	6	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	7	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 NW	-	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	-	1.4 WNW	-	1.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 W	-	-	0.7 WSW	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	-	9	-	8	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	5	-

	Wednesday 19										Thursday 20
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Mangahume Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	3	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	1.3 NW	0.6 W	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	14	14	14
Energy(?)	571	470	516	516	80	78	380	246	348	78	356	353	290	327	289	176	264	100	347	1498	1481	1573
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)										10:29PM 2.31												10:31AM 2.96
Low Tide / height (m)																4:14AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	18	19	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	19	18	18	19	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	1.3 NW	0.6 W	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.3 WSW	1.1 WNW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	8	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	11	11	15	15	14	14	11	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	10	16	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	-	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	8	8	8