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 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			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	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach 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	Weld Road Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	0	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 NW	0.6 WSW	1.8 SSE	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.8 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.2 S	1.9 SSE	0.8 SW	1.4 S	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	7	15	7	14	13	13	12	7	8	7	7	8	12	6	11	11	11	14	13	13
Energy(?)	299	245	285	238	970	521	783	757	583	630	710	429	657	534	317	248	160	210	190	198	336	256
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		7:47PM 2.53	8:25AM 2.68		8:42PM 2.63	9:26AM 2.53		9:43PM 2.53	10:09AM 2.68		10:10PM 2.89	10:27AM 3.10		10:48PM 3.00	11:24AM 2.96		11:29PM 3.26	11:49AM 3.10		12:04AM 2.95	12:24PM 3.15
Low Tide / height (m)		2:07AM 0.96		2:39PM 1.00	2:58AM 0.86		3:37PM 0.79	3:54AM 0.63		4:19PM 0.63		4:19AM 0.63	4:39PM 0.66		5:12AM 0.36	5:20PM 0.66		5:36AM 0.28	5:57PM 0.59		6:12AM 0.23	6:35PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	9	38	10	5	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	18	19	19	18	19	20	18	21	22	17	18	19	15	19	19	17	19	20	17	17	19
Low °C	19	18	18	19	17	19	19	16	18	20	13	15	19	12	15	19	14	17	20	15	17	18
Chill °C (?)	20	18	19	19	18	19	20	18	21	22	16	18	19	13	19	19	16	19	20	17	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:20	-
Sunset	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:50
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 NW	0.7 WSW	1.3 SSE	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 S	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	9	10	7	10	7	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	7	11	11	11	11	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.4 NW	0.4 W	1.0 NW	0.7 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.8 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.6 S	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW	0.8 S	0.1 NW
Period (s)	13	12	10	15	7	9	6	6	11	10	10	10	10	10	12	9	9	6	15	11	6	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 N	0.8 NNW	-	2.0 NNW	1.8 SSE	1.3 NW	-	1.2 S	1.4 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.2 S	1.9 SSE	0.6 SSE	1.4 S	0.9 S	0.3 SSE	0.9 S	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.5 SSE
Period (s)	3	5	-	7	7	6	-	6	7	7	8	7	7	8	4	6	6	3	4	5	5	4

	Wednesday 14			Thursday 15								Friday 16								Saturday 17
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	0	0	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 NW	1.6 NW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.8 SSE	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	1.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	10	10	10	7	7	15	14	14	7	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	266	290	243	245	283	258	285	501	238	256	924	970	467	529	574	558	484	699	504	1053	800	502
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	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	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			7:47PM 2.53				8:35AM 2.39				8:42PM 2.63				9:26AM 2.53				9:34PM 2.93
Low Tide / height (m)	1:49PM 1.21				2:07AM 0.96				2:48PM 0.93				2:58AM 0.86				3:28PM 0.99				3:40AM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	1	2	8	19	19	7	2	3	-	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	19	19	19	19	18	17	18	20	19	20	19	18	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	19	19	19	19	18	16	18	20	19	20	19	18	15	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16
Sunset	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 NW	0.8 WSW	1.3 NW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 SSE	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 WNW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	6	10	7	10	10	7	7	7	7	7	7	14	13	13	6	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.8 WSW	0.5 NW	0.7 WSW	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.8 S	1.1 S	1.4 NW	1.2 NNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 NW	0.8 WNW	1.1 NW	1.0 WSW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	10	12	10	15	15	6	6	7	7	14	14	12	7	6	13	11	6	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 N	-	0.5 NNW	0.8 NNW	-	1.1 NW	-	1.6 NW	2.0 NNW	-	1.7 SSE	1.8 SSE	-	0.8 NNW	1.1 NW	1.3 NW	0.8 NNW	0.9 SSE	-	0.9 S	1.4 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	3	-	4	5	-	6	-	7	7	-	7	7	-	6	6	7	6	6	-	6	7	8

	Wednesday 14										Thursday 15
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	0	0	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 NW	1.1 NW	0.8 WSW	1.1 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	6	10	6	7	7	7
Energy(?)	323	336	299	295	290	290	267	240	243	243	274	277	277	315	283	210	311	350	311	583	439	282
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							7:55PM 2.29													8:23AM 2.47
Low Tide / height (m)	1:49PM 1.21													2:07AM 0.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	3	3	5	4	3
High °C	20	19	20	19	19	18	17	17	18	18	19	18	19	19	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	20	19	20	19	19	18	17	17	18	18	19	18	19	19	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.6 NW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	6	5	10	10	10	10	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	12	12	12	16	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	-	-	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	-	0.5 N	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.6 NW	-	0.9 NNE
Period (s)	-	3	3	3	3	-	-	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	-	4	6	6	6	7	-	5