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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	Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thu
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Mangahume Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Graveyards Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	0	4	0	4	4	0	3	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	4	4	6	4	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SW	0.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	14	13	12	16	16	15	14	14
Energy(?)	694	960	1160	1529	1380	1319	691	823	557	322	331	269	181	145	198	44	272	1673	3090	2459	3128	1675
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		3:37PM 2.77		4:12AM 1.96	4:36PM 2.90		5:06AM 2.78	5:35PM 2.86		6:15AM 2.41	6:31PM 2.59		7:15AM 2.47		7:30PM 2.49	8:06AM 2.55		8:22PM 2.55	8:49AM 2.63		9:15PM 2.91	9:33AM 2.75
Low Tide / height (m)			10:02PM 0.91	10:17AM 0.72		10:56PM 0.98	11:19AM 1.16		12:00AM 0.72	12:24PM 0.86		12:57AM 0.75		1:23PM 0.87	1:48AM 0.71		2:15PM 0.82	2:37AM 0.65		3:01PM 0.75	3:28AM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	heavy rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	3	40	12	10	12	5
High °C	20	21	15	17	20	15	20	21	16	19	18	17	19	21	19	24	20	16	15	14	15	17
Low °C	19	18	14	16	18	14	18	21	15	19	18	16	18	20	18	20	18	14	14	14	14	16
Chill °C (?)	20	21	13	15	20	14	20	21	16	19	18	17	19	21	18	24	20	15	14	12	15	16
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	8:42	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SW	0.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	12	15	13	8	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	14	13	12	16	16	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 S	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.2 SSE	0.1 NW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.4 W	0.7 W	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	7	16	16	13	8	7	15	14	14	14	4	13	16	15	13	7	11	9	-	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.5 N	0.7 NW	0.5 NNW	0.9 N	1.3 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.6 NW	1.7 NNW	2.2 NW	1.8 W	2.4 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	12	6	4	6	3	3	5	5	4	4	4	4	6	5	4	6	7	7	8	-	-

	Thursday 11					Friday 12								Saturday 13								Sun
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	4	4	0	2	0	0	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1028	1159	960	273	1097	1160	1503	1717	1416	1580	1179	1665	1267	1489	1042	1155	1101	830	626	730	538	641
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			3:40PM 3.05					4:10AM 2.87				4:35PM 2.63				5:13AM 2.43				5:36PM 2.53
Low Tide / height (m)	9:25AM 0.59					10:02PM 0.91				10:22AM 0.71				11:04PM 0.71				11:27AM 0.84				12:02AM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	20	21	17	15	14	12	12	18	20	17	18	15	15	14	14	18	19	21	21	17	17
Chill °C (?)	19	20	21	16	13	12	10	11	18	20	16	17	14	14	13	13	18	19	21	21	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	15	14	14	13	13	13	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.1 NW	0.6 SSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	1.5 WSW	0.2 NNW	1.1 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	1.4 SSE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	6	15	16	5	16	16	16	16	13	16	7	15	15	7	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.4 WSW	0.6 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.2 SW	2.4 WSW	-	-	1.8 SSE	1.6 S	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.1 S	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	-	0.9 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	12	5	5	6	8	8	-	-	7	6	7	7	7	7	6	5	-	5	-	-

	Thursday 11																Friday 12
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	4	4	0	2	0	0	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	8	13	8
Energy(?)	888	1070	694	170	848	751	751	960	963	963	1299	2674	1520	1568	1527	2744	2979	3024	1267	1649	1503	1649
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)									3:35PM 2.76													4:10AM 2.51
Low Tide / height (m)			9:24AM 0.90													10:05PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	19	19	20	20	20	20	21	21	17	18	17	16	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	15
Chill °C (?)	17	18	19	19	20	20	20	20	21	21	16	17	16	14	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	13
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 W	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.2 NNW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	1.6 WSW	0.2 NNW	1.6 WSW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	7	12	12	12	15	15	15	14	16	14	14	14	16	16	16	13	16	13	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 S	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.7 S	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	0.2 NNW	-	0.2 NNW	-
Period (s)	7	6	7	6	15	15	15	16	16	16	6	16	16	16	16	16	16	-	16	-	16	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 S	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.1 NW	2.5 SW	0.7 S	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.2 SW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	7	14	6	5	5	14	13	13	7	8	8	8