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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	Fri		Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Fri
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Bell Block Reef Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	0	0	0	4	4	3	3	2	0	4	4	3	4	2	1	1	0	0	2	3	3	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	2.0 W	1.8 WNW	2.4 W	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	2.0 S	2.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.7 S	2.5 NNW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 WNW	1.8 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	14	15	7	13	13	12	12	11	11	7	9	9	9	8	8	7	10	9	8	7	8	13
Energy(?)	4028	1961	693	2023	1537	1051	786	540	318	641	1138	2984	726	884	262	97	1504	715	678	429	397	3116
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		3:05AM 2.60		3:36PM 3.12		4:05AM 2.76	4:23PM 2.70		5:41AM 2.41	5:46PM 2.12		6:12AM 2.94	6:34PM 3.05		7:27AM 2.75		7:53PM 2.81	8:31AM 2.91		8:57PM 3.20	9:28AM 3.09
Low Tide / height (m)		9:04PM 0.50	10:04AM 1.03		10:00PM 0.82	10:18AM 0.82		10:48PM 0.72	11:56AM 1.08		11:47PM 0.72	12:28PM 0.93		1:09AM 0.48		1:44PM 0.57	2:14AM 0.37		2:43PM 0.41	3:17AM 0.57		3:43PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	8	3	-	1	2	-	-	-	3	2	4	1	-	6	1	1	10	4	2	1	2	2
High °C	18	17	17	17	15	17	19	17	19	17	18	19	18	16	21	20	19	19	19	18	20	19
Low °C	16	15	17	16	14	16	19	16	16	17	15	17	17	16	19	20	18	19	19	16	18	18
Chill °C (?)	17	16	16	17	15	17	19	16	18	15	17	19	17	14	21	20	18	18	19	18	20	19
Sunrise	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:54	-
Sunset	8:51	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 N	2.0 W	1.3 W	2.4 W	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 SW	2.5 S	2.0 S	0.5 SW	1.4 SSE	0.3 SW	2.5 NNW	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 N
Period (s)	13	15	8	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	9	9	10	8	16	10	14	13	12	15	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 SW	0.5 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.2 WSW	0.1 N	0.3 NNE	0.1 N	0.6 NNE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 NW	0.9 N	0.1 NW	0.6 WSW	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 N
Period (s)	-	-	13	6	6	6	18	13	4	13	7	12	12	6	6	8	15	18	16	15	15	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 W	1.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	2.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	-	2.4 SSE	-	0.7 S	-	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 WNW	1.8 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	14	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	2	7	9	9	-	8	-	7	-	9	8	7	8	13

	Friday 26			Saturday 27								Sunday 28								Monday 29
	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	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WNW	1.6 W	0.8 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	17	15	14	14	14	14	13	9	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11
Energy(?)	1117	1952	419	2963	2800	3181	1745	2623	353	1065	1567	1220	1016	1096	1060	964	933	1014	698	540	699	724
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					3:19AM 2.97									4:07AM 2.58				4:29PM 2.72				5:11AM 2.58
Low Tide / height (m)			9:47PM 0.99				9:19AM 0.59				9:55PM 0.72					10:23AM 0.68				10:53PM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	17	16	16	15	16	18	17	17	17	15	14	14	14	16	17	18	19	17	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	19	16	15	15	14	15	18	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	16	17	18	19	16	15	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	1.6 W	0.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	0.6 SW	1.1 W	2.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	8	17	9	14	14	14	14	13	12	9	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	-	0.8 SW	1.3 NW	0.9 NW	-	0.7 NW	0.1 W	-	0.6 SW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.3 NNW	0.1 N	0.8 SSE	0.9 S
Period (s)	14	-	15	7	8	-	7	22	-	12	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	18	6	13	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.8 W	-	-	0.8 NNW	-	0.6 NNW	1.2 WSW	1.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SSE
Period (s)	8	8	5	-	-	7	-	7	9	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6

	Friday 26										Saturday 27
	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	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 W	2.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	0.8 SW	1.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	8	15	8	14	14	15	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	555	2582	758	4028	6971	3324	2061	3469	419	1229	3278	2963	2892	3689	3869	3692	3822	3968	2851	2810	3305	3295
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			3:22PM 2.59												3:11AM 2.62
Low Tide / height (m)									9:47PM 0.99												9:24AM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	2	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	18	20	17	16	16	17	16	16	15	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	15	16	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	20	17	20	16	16	15	17	15	15	14	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	14	15	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	2.2 WNW	1.3 W	0.1 N	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	14	15	8	13	15	15	16	15	9	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.7 W	0.5 SW	-	1.8 NW	-	-	-	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	-	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	-	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	15	18	14	-	8	-	-	-	15	15	-	7	7	7	7	7	7	-	7	7	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 W	1.5 NW	1.7 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.6 NW	2.0 WNW	1.6 NW	0.8 W	1.0 WNW	1.4 NW	-	-	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.8 NNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	6	8	14	14	8	8	7	5	5	7	-	-	8	8	8	8	7	-	-	-	-