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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	Sun	Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 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	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	3	0	3	2	0	3	3	1	2	2	0	2	2	0	2	1	0	2	2	2	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.5 S	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.7 W	0.5 W	1.0 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 S	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	11	9	9	9	16	15	9	14	13	13	6	16	6	15	13	13	13	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1585	2069	554	474	607	790	709	67	356	350	139	254	275	225	219	160	403	532	441	265	219	257
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	on	glass	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	glass	on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	3:30AM 3.05		3:51PM 3.09		4:39AM 2.07	4:56PM 2.96		5:46AM 2.89	6:53PM 2.40		6:59AM 2.56		7:33PM 2.58	8:19AM 2.76		8:51PM 2.76	9:23AM 2.98		9:47PM 2.91	10:14AM 3.17		10:30PM 3.02
Low Tide / height (m)		9:48AM 0.90		10:15PM 0.86	10:44AM 0.66		11:19PM 0.98	12:06PM 1.10		1:19AM 1.12		1:18PM 0.68	1:51AM 0.54		2:35PM 0.54	3:05AM 0.40		3:37PM 0.38	3:57AM 0.23		4:29PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	4	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	10
High °C	16	18	18	16	19	19	16	22	20	17	19	21	16	19	20	16	19	21	15	19	20	20
Low °C	15	17	18	16	18	18	15	17	19	14	18	18	15	17	19	13	17	19	13	18	19	19
Chill °C (?)	14	17	17	16	19	19	16	22	20	17	19	21	15	19	20	16	19	21	15	19	20	20
Sunrise	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:39	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.2 W	0.7 S	0.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.5 S	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 SW	0.2 WSW	0.5 W	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 S	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	12	20	11	18	9	9	9	5	14	13	10	18	16	6	6	13	13	13	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.1 N	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.5 S	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	0.4 WSW	0.2 S	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 S	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 N
Period (s)	12	15	19	15	17	16	15	9	8	8	7	8	12	16	15	5	6	14	12	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	-	0.8 SSE	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	1.7 W	1.0 WSW	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.6 N	0.4 NW	-	0.6 N	0.8 N	1.2 NNW
Period (s)	9	11	9	9	-	6	-	3	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	3	4	3	-	4	4	5

	Sun	Monday 26								Tuesday 27								Wednesday 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	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki
Rating	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	3	4	4	2	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	1.7 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	1.6 W	1.7 WNW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.6 W	1.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.5 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	8	10	10	18	9	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	3652	2868	2630	2415	984	1758	1477	1130	815	744	1066	1102	417	642	544	820	713	709	763	639	576	170
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	on	on	off	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	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)			3:30AM 3.05				3:51PM 3.09					4:24AM 2.56				5:02PM 2.63				5:47AM 2.58
Low Tide / height (m)	9:23PM 0.73				9:41AM 0.51					10:50PM 1.02				10:52AM 0.71				11:32PM 0.64				12:04PM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	16	16	16	18	18	17	16	15	15	15	18	19	19	18	16	16	15	15	18	22
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	14	15	17	17	16	15	14	15	15	18	19	19	18	16	16	15	15	18	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 W	1.7 W	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	2.3 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 W	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	22	21	21	10	20	20	10	9	8	10	10	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.6 S	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.3 WSW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 W	0.9 WSW	0.6 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	14	15	12	15	16	19	11	10	18	18	18	16	16	16	16	15	14	9	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	1.5 WNW	3.0 W	2.5 W	-	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	1.0 SSE	-	-	1.0 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	9	10	10	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	6	-	-	-

	Sunday 25				Monday 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	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki
Rating	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	3	4	4	2	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	9	11	11	11	9	9	11	11	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	4182	3910	3652	3367	1676	2868	2868	2660	1133	1133	3210	3011	1233	2074	2073	2263	2127	1999	1962	1817	1671	804
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	on	on	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)										4:05AM 2.50											3:54PM 2.76
Low Tide / height (m)			9:23PM 0.73												9:48AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.1 W	0.2 W	-	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	12	22	22	21	12	12	21	21	-	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	9	11	11	11	9	9	11	11	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10