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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	Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thu
	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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura 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	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki
Rating	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	0	3	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	11	11	13	12	13	12	13	14	13	14	15	14	13	12	13	12	15	14
Energy(?)	513	457	550	529	352	555	508	525	655	451	570	559	641	1018	848	840	393	337	361	244	725	529
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:50AM 3.58		11:15PM 3.25	11:30AM 3.38		11:52PM 3.31	12:08PM 3.38		12:31AM 3.30	12:49PM 3.29		1:13AM 3.21		1:30PM 3.09	1:59AM 3.05		2:21PM 2.89	2:52AM 2.85		3:19PM 2.65	3:58AM 2.65
Low Tide / height (m)		5:07PM -0.04		5:22AM 0.00	5:45PM -0.11		6:02AM -0.02	6:24PM -0.09		6:43AM 0.04		7:06PM 0.02	7:28AM 0.18		7:51PM 0.20	8:18AM 0.37		8:43PM 0.42	9:17AM 0.60		9:45PM 0.64	10:21AM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	20	21	17	20	21	15	19	20	16	18	19	17	23	20	17	21	18	17	18	18	17	17
Low °C	17	20	15	17	19	14	17	19	14	16	18	15	19	19	16	16	18	16	17	18	16	16
Chill °C (?)	20	21	16	20	21	14	19	20	16	18	19	17	23	20	17	21	18	17	18	18	17	17
Sunrise	7:24	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:31
Sunset	-	7:38	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 SSE	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	11	11	13	12	13	12	13	14	13	14	15	14	13	12	13	12	7	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.3 WSW	0.2 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.6 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 W	0.2 NNW	0.6 W	0.3 N	0.4 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 N
Period (s)	19	10	9	8	8	7	15	14	14	15	13	20	11	18	4	5	5	5	5	17	15	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SSE	1.5 S	1.1 S	0.8 S	1.0 S	1.4 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	1.1 SE
Period (s)	7	7	7	5	5	7	6	5	4	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	5

	Thursday 19							Friday 20								Saturday 21
	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	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy 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	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	2	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	228	614	513	657	457	510	462	503	583	501	529	384	495	325	510	555	620	557	508	541	525	523
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	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
High Tide / height (m)				10:54AM 3.30				11:15PM 3.25				11:30AM 3.38				11:52PM 3.31				12:08PM 3.38
Low Tide / height (m)		4:44AM 0.10				5:07PM -0.04				5:22AM 0.00				5:43PM -0.12				6:02AM -0.02				6:16PM -0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	16	17	20	21	20	17	16	15	15	17	20	21	20	15	15	15	14	17	19	20	18
Chill °C (?)	15	15	17	20	21	20	16	16	14	14	17	20	21	20	14	14	14	13	17	19	20	18
Sunrise	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 S	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	11	7	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.8 S	0.1 NW	1.1 SW	0.3 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	19	6	19	12	10	10	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	15	14	14	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.0 S	-	1.3 SSE	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 S	-
Period (s)	-	2	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	-	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	-

	Thursday 19
	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	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy 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	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	2	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 S	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	1.5 S	1.5 S	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	10	13	10	10	12	12	12	7	12	10	12	12	12	7	7	12	12	12
Energy(?)	251	466	312	460	426	614	464	489	677	677	491	409	652	227	457	466	466	468	462	467	462	274
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)										10:54AM 3.30
Low Tide / height (m)				4:44AM 0.10													5:07PM -0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	16	16	16	15	16	17	18	19	20	20	20	21	21	20	20	18	17	17	15
Chill °C (?)	15	14	14	16	15	15	14	15	17	18	19	20	20	20	21	21	20	20	18	16	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:38	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 S	0.8 WSW	1.1 S	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	10	13	10	10	12	12	7	9	7	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 NW	0.8 S	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	18	4	5	4	19	6	19	19	7	7	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 SSE	-	1.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.3 S	1.3 S	0.4 SW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	6	2	7	7	3	3	3	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	-