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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	Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Mon
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	1.3 NNW	0.6 WSW	2.0 NNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.5 W	2.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.6 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.4 W	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	6	14	7	8	16	16	15	9	13	13	12	12	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	11
Energy(?)	198	245	194	504	775	2661	5979	5127	862	2026	1380	819	553	451	784	1087	933	853	680	636	663	429
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross	glass	on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			7:36PM 2.77	8:04AM 2.53		8:29PM 2.83	9:01AM 2.95		9:15PM 2.91	9:51AM 2.16		9:56PM 3.00	10:17AM 3.19		10:35PM 3.08	10:52AM 3.28		11:12PM 3.14	11:28AM 3.34		11:59PM 2.29	12:04PM 3.42
Low Tide / height (m)		1:30PM 1.09	1:56AM 0.93		2:37PM 0.71	2:45AM 0.85		3:12PM 0.93	3:28AM 0.79		3:52PM 0.86		4:07AM 0.74	4:29PM 0.81		4:45AM 0.70	5:04PM 0.78		5:21AM 0.68	5:40PM 0.77		5:57AM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	15	14	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	19	19	19	18	16	15	15	18	13	17	17	16	18	18	17	16	16	15	16	17	15	19
Low °C	17	19	18	18	16	13	14	16	12	15	17	16	17	17	14	15	15	14	16	16	13	19
Chill °C (?)	18	19	19	17	15	13	13	17	13	16	16	15	17	17	15	14	14	13	15	16	13	18
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54
Sunset	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:47	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.8 WNW	2.1 WSW	-	-	1.5 W	-	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 N	0.2 WSW	0.8 NW	0.7 WSW	0.1 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 SSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	11	12	14	13	8	16	-	-	9	-	13	12	12	11	15	16	7	13	14	6	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 W	1.6 NNW	-	-	-	1.1 S	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	0.1 N	0.4 SW	0.1 NW	-	0.1 NW	-	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	16	15	13	20	7	-	-	-	9	-	-	12	11	10	-	15	15	14	-	13	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 N	1.3 NNW	1.1 NNW	2.0 NNW	-	2.2 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	2.4 WSW	-	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.4 W	-
Period (s)	5	6	5	7	-	7	16	15	-	13	-	8	7	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	-

	Monday 15					Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thu
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Waitara Bar Taranaki
Rating	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	1.3 NNW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.6 NNW	2.0 NNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.1 W	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.7 W	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	6	14	7	14	13	6	7	10	8	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	9	14
Energy(?)	198	240	245	266	70	194	202	258	504	615	775	1452	2108	2661	3340	5507	5979	6259	5127	4314	1591	3203
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	7:17AM 2.72				7:44PM 1.93				8:15AM 2.82				8:29PM 2.83				9:01AM 2.95				9:25PM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)			1:30PM 1.09				1:56AM 0.93				2:27PM 1.02				2:45AM 0.85				3:12PM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	4	13	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	16	16	15	14	13	13	14	15	16	16	12	13
Chill °C (?)	16	18	19	19	19	19	17	17	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	11	12	13	14	15	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.1 SW	1.8 WNW	1.4 NNW	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 W	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	12	14	14	14	13	13	13	19	8	7	17	16	16	-	-	-	-	-	9	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.1 SW	1.6 NNW	1.1 W	0.9 NNW	-	0.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 S	-
Period (s)	16	16	15	13	9	13	13	13	20	19	7	18	7	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 N	1.3 N	1.3 NNW	1.1 NNW	0.7 WNW	1.1 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.6 NNW	2.0 NNW	1.8 WNW	-	1.7 W	1.9 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.4 S	-
Period (s)	5	6	6	6	7	5	6	6	7	10	-	9	8	7	8	16	16	15	15	14	9	-

	Monday 15																Tuesday 16
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Waitara Bar Taranaki
Rating	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.1 SW	0.7 WSW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	0.1 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.2 NW	1.3 NNW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	16	11	6	6	6	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	7	6
Energy(?)	205	217	198	185	23	240	249	253	245	22	280	263	260	242	242	193	196	194	204	187	198	213
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	7:17AM 2.72												7:36PM 2.77
Low Tide / height (m)							1:30PM 1.09												1:56AM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	17	18	22	19	19	19	19	23	19	19	19	18	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	17	22	18	18	19	19	23	19	19	19	18	19	19	19	19	18	17	17	17
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	9	11	11	11	12	9	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 WSW	0.1 N
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	12	16	16	15	15	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 N	1.0 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	0.4 WNW	1.3 N	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	0.6 WNW	1.2 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NW	1.3 NNW
Period (s)	4	4	5	5	4	6	6	6	6	3	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	7	6