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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	Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tue
	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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	4	4	2	2	1	2	0	2	1	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	3	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSE	0.5 SW	3.0 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	2.1 NW	1.5 W	1.4 W	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	1.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	12	9	8	11	9	8	8	8	7	14	8	11	10	10	18	11	16	15	15	14	13
Energy(?)	2463	85	1556	340	140	82	645	324	277	125	482	318	701	696	587	517	543	375	418	530	242	236
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		6:45PM 2.73		7:29AM 2.76		7:52PM 2.80	8:33AM 2.92		9:32PM 2.60	9:29AM 3.24		10:04PM 2.99	10:20AM 3.40		10:56PM 3.08	11:49AM 2.93		11:51PM 2.52	12:13PM 2.67		12:25AM 3.45	12:42PM 3.30
Low Tide / height (m)	12:28PM 0.93		1:09AM 0.48		1:42PM 0.58	2:12AM 0.37		2:47PM 0.43	3:52AM 0.82		3:57PM 0.29		4:06AM 0.36	4:50PM 0.17		5:36AM 0.67	5:29PM 0.37		6:02AM 0.11	6:17PM 0.38		6:29AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	19	3	3	2	3	-	3	3	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	1
High °C	20	21	17	21	21	18	18	19	16	18	17	15	19	20	15	18	20	16	17	20	17	19
Low °C	16	18	16	19	21	18	17	18	14	18	15	14	17	19	14	17	19	16	17	19	16	18
Chill °C (?)	20	21	17	21	21	18	17	19	15	18	17	15	19	20	14	18	20	15	16	20	17	19
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	8:52	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:47	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 S	1.8 S	1.1 N	3.0 NNW	0.7 S	0.4 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	8	11	7	9	13	13	12	7	8	8	11	10	10	9	11	9	11	15	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 NNW	1.6 SSE	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.7 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.1 N	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	0.2 N
Period (s)	12	12	12	8	11	9	11	8	16	6	14	13	12	21	20	11	18	16	15	11	10	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSE	2.4 SSE	3.0 SSE	-	-	-	2.1 NW	1.5 W	1.4 W	-	-	-	1.1 S	1.7 S	1.3 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 NE	0.6 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	9	8	9	-	-	-	8	8	8	-	-	-	6	7	7	6	6	4	3	5	-	-

	Tuesday 30							Wednesday 31								Thursday 01
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	South Beach (Wanganui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.3 S	3.5 SSE	1.9 NNW	1.5 SSW	2.1 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WNW	1.9 NW	0.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	9	8	9	9	11	8	9	8	7	16	16	15	9	8	10	9	8	8	9
Energy(?)	77	3005	2463	1760	1424	1413	2816	1013	306	671	340	242	206	168	131	82	658	133	558	610	637	695
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	on	cross- on	on
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	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 Tide / height (m)		6:21AM 2.64				6:43PM 2.72					7:38AM 2.67				8:03PM 2.75				8:45AM 2.25
Low Tide / height (m)				12:36PM 0.67					1:37AM 0.96				1:38PM 0.74				2:14AM 0.68				2:51PM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	2	5	17	2	2	1	3	2	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	1	1
Temp. °C	16	16	16	20	21	18	17	17	15	18	19	22	22	21	18	18	18	18	20	17	18	18
Chill °C (?)	14	15	15	20	21	18	16	16	15	17	19	22	22	21	18	18	17	17	20	16	17	18
Sunrise	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	1.5 SSW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.2 NNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 NNW	1.8 W	1.8 W
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	10	10	9	7	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 N	1.0 N	1.9 NNW	0.1 W	2.1 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 WSW	0.2 S	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.1 NNW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	12	12	12	6	7	11	12	9	8	7	7	6	15	9	14	8	13	13	7	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.3 S	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 NW	0.3 NNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 W	-	1.0 NNW
Period (s)	4	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	3	9	8	-	7

	Tuesday 30
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	South Beach (Wanganui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WSW	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.5 S	2.0 S	3.5 SSE	0.5 SW	1.1 S	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	1.7 S	0.4 SSW	2.0 S	2.2 S	0.5 NW	0.6 SSW	1.1 N
Period(s) (?)	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	7	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	10	8	8	12	10	7
Energy(?)	124	921	922	922	1065	807	2850	86	124	1242	1134	1055	1011	989	879	517	77	475	595	131	156	264
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	on	on	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						6:19AM 2.64												6:57PM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)												12:46PM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	1	2	2	4	7	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1
High °C	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	15	15	16	17	18	19	19	21	18	17	19	18	18
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	14	16	17	18	19	21	17	16	18	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	2.5 S	2.0 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	1.1 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 S	0.6 N	-	0.1 W	1.0 N	1.1 N	1.1 N
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	9	9	9	9	7	13	12	12	12	12	12	8	6	-	20	6	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW	-	0.2 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	10	6	6	6	11	13	12	12	-	11	11	11	10	10	10	8	10	-	-	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SE	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	-	1.0 ENE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.0 SE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	1.7 S	-	2.0 S	2.2 S	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	4	9	9	9	-	6	9	9	5	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	-	8	8	4	4	4