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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	Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Mon
	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	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki
Rating	0	1	0	4	4	3	2	4	3	0	4	3	0	3	0	0	5	4	0	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	0.3 SW	1.7 WNW	2.2 W	3.5 W	2.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.9 WSW	2.0 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 W	2.3 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	7	10	12	11	9	12	8	11	6	10	10	6	14	13	13	13	14	13	12	10
Energy(?)	408	42	416	1016	3071	1387	317	437	1331	349	309	816	1029	301	2127	2951	3725	2477	928	1034	634	693
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	on	off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		2:08PM 3.31	2:41AM 3.02		3:10PM 3.11	3:38AM 1.96		4:17PM 2.96		4:52AM 2.75	5:24PM 1.95		6:04AM 2.40	6:33PM 2.58		7:12AM 2.49		7:29PM 2.63	7:59AM 2.58		8:15PM 2.69	8:44AM 2.71
Low Tide / height (m)			8:32PM 0.73	8:50AM 0.82		9:24PM 0.62	9:44AM 0.73		10:38PM 1.01	11:01AM 1.08		11:52PM 0.75	12:12PM 0.79		12:43AM 0.66		1:05PM 0.73	1:46AM 0.61		2:06PM 0.69	2:30AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	4	7	-	-	-	1	16	8	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	20	17	16	16	15	17	15	17	17	18	13	17	17	15	16	16	13	18	18	16	17
Low °C	18	16	15	16	16	12	17	15	14	16	17	12	16	15	14	15	15	12	17	17	14	16
Chill °C (?)	18	20	16	15	15	14	17	15	17	17	18	13	16	16	14	14	15	12	18	18	16	17
Sunrise	6:05	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:00
Sunset	-	8:07	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.1 S	3.5 W	2.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 N	1.1 SW	-	2.0 W	1.2 WNW	0.4 SW	2.3 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	13	8	12	10	12	11	9	12	6	11	-	10	9	16	14	13	13	13	14	13	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.3 SW	0.1 N	0.1 W	-	0.1 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 SW	0.1 NE	0.9 WNW	-	0.4 S	0.4 WSW	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	12	13	12	16	-	18	9	8	4	6	-	7	18	8	-	-	-	-	-	10	9	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.3 W	1.7 WNW	2.2 W	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.7 SSE	3.5 WSW	-	1.9 WSW	-	1.8 WSW	1.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	7	10	-	-	3	6	8	-	6	-	10	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	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	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WNW	1.6 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 SW	0.8 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	6	8	11	11	11	12	11	11	10	10	9	10	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	513	414	360	312	336	119	304	1374	1684	1881	1632	2341	1514	1113	1054	507	533	716	308	600	528	1111
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			2:08PM 3.31				2:36AM 2.15				3:04PM 2.20				3:27AM 2.45					4:12PM 2.66
Low Tide / height (m)	7:56AM 0.36				8:32PM 0.73				8:50AM 0.82				9:31PM 0.60				9:46AM 0.66					10:42PM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	6	5	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	7	10	10	4
Temp. °C	19	18	18	16	17	15	14	15	16	16	17	16	14	15	13	16	16	17	15	15	14	15
Chill °C (?)	19	18	17	15	16	14	12	14	15	15	17	16	14	14	13	15	15	17	14	14	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 S	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 SW	0.8 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	0.9 NNE
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	10	10	9	10	12	12	12	12	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 W	0.5 W	1.3 W	0.8 W	0.1 SW	-	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.3 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 S	0.7 S	-
Period (s)	4	12	12	12	12	12	11	16	15	13	13	18	-	16	16	9	16	9	8	6	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.8 NNW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 WNW	1.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	-	0.8 NE	1.6 NNE	2.1 SW
Period (s)	3	4	4	5	6	6	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	3	4	-	5	6	12

	Monday 10																Tuesday 11
	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	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.3 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	13	7	7	8	8	8
Energy(?)	587	520	408	408	414	59	43	365	360	360	35	390	311	430	497	479	446	649	444	958	953	899
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								2:08PM 3.31												2:30AM 2.71
Low Tide / height (m)	7:56AM 0.36													8:28PM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	3	2	2	2	1	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	18	18	18	21	20	18	18	17	17	16	16	17	16	17	16	16	16	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	16	16	18	18	18	21	20	17	17	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	13	14	14
Sunrise	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.3 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	8	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	0.1 N	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	9	12	12	12	-	12	-	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.5 N	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.6 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	8