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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	Thu	Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12
	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	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	0	2	3	0	4	4	0	4	4	0	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 W	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW	0.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	6	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	608	334	248	474	540	1099	2130	1790	2008	1436	1111	1938	1721	1625	767	863	709	381	12	209	144	110
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	12:05AM 3.07	12:20PM 3.12		12:39AM 3.01	12:54PM 2.99	1:01PM 3.33	1:20AM 3.24		1:28PM 2.82	2:30AM 2.53		2:03PM 2.62	2:28AM 2.56		2:50PM 2.47	3:20AM 2.42		3:35PM 2.24		4:16AM 2.23	4:47PM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)		6:16AM 0.11	6:36PM 0.11		6:52AM 0.23		7:19PM 0.49	7:34AM 0.69		8:29PM 0.88	8:04AM 0.58		8:21PM 0.61	8:47AM 0.80		9:10PM 0.82	9:35AM 0.97		10:00PM 0.97	10:43AM 1.10		11:20PM 1.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	17	20	13	19	20	15	18	20	16	19	19	16	20	21	18	20	20	16	20	19	18
Low °C	11	16	18	12	17	18	12	17	18	15	18	18	15	17	20	15	17	20	13	18	18	17
Chill °C (?)	13	16	20	13	19	20	15	17	20	15	19	19	15	20	21	18	20	20	15	20	18	18
Sunrise	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:49	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 W	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW	0.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	0.1 S	0.6 SW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	-	-	0.4 SW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.8 SW	0.5 NW	1.1 S	0.4 NW	0.9 SSE	0.5 NNE	0.3 NW	0.1 W	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	5	16	8	6	6	6	-	-	6	11	11	6	10	7	11	6	5	15	13	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 WSW	1.6 W	-	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	-	0.6 WSW	-	0.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.2 SSW	1.2 SSE	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	6	-	6	-	6	8	6	7	6	-	-	3	-	-	-

	Thu	Friday 06								Saturday 07								Sunday 08
	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	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	2	3	3	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 W	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	7	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	610	608	481	405	394	278	284	294	368	268	495	559	663	304	901	1309	1951	2130	2333	2349	2211	1762
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	on	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:05AM 3.07				12:29PM 3.46								12:56PM 3.05					1:13AM 2.89
Low Tide / height (m)				6:16AM 0.11				6:45PM 0.36				6:52AM 0.23					7:10PM 0.25				7:27AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	11	11	16	17	17	17	13	14	12	12	17	19	19	18	15	14	13	12	18	18
Chill °C (?)	13	12	11	11	16	16	16	16	13	13	12	12	17	19	19	18	15	14	13	12	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 W	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	7	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.1 N	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	-
Period (s)	-	5	5	6	6	16	16	12	6	15	6	6	6	10	10	10	-	-	6	6	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	-	0.6 NNW	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	5	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	6

	Thursday 05	Friday 06
	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	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	2	3	3	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.5 W	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	6	14	14	14	16	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	610	610	610	602	608	316	317	319	481	152	404	405	395	229	336	283	378	368	363	418	418	386
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)						12:14AM 3.44												12:20PM 3.12
Low Tide / height (m)												6:16AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	13	13	12	14	14	14	11	11	11	11	11	14	16	16	17	18	18	18	18	17
Chill °C (?)	14	13	13	13	12	13	14	13	11	9	11	11	11	14	15	15	17	18	18	18	18	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.5 W	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	6	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 W	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	5	6	6	5	15	5	6	6	16	16	16	6	6	6	16	16	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	6	6	4