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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	Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wed
	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	Stent Road Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	7	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	3	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.7 WSW	1.7 NW	0.9 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.2 W	5.5 WSW	3.5 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.3 W	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	22	20	19	12	16	8	8	13	13	13	11	11	11	9	10	9	9	15	14
Energy(?)	228	193	116	305	360	844	1238	1167	1240	720	1620	10924	4612	3853	2685	1778	551	1444	840	692	876	344
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	12:25PM 3.15		12:42AM 2.98			1:19AM 2.96		1:33PM 3.46	1:58AM 3.31		2:13PM 3.37	2:41AM 3.16		2:58PM 3.23	3:25AM 2.88		3:51PM 3.09		4:29AM 2.94	4:56PM 2.96		5:46AM 2.89
Low Tide / height (m)		6:39PM 0.23		6:50AM 0.21		7:17PM 0.22	7:29AM 0.25		7:55PM 0.62	8:10AM 0.63		8:37PM 0.62	8:56AM 0.76		9:18PM 0.63	9:41AM 0.51		10:15PM 0.86	10:49AM 1.03		11:30PM 0.67	12:06PM 1.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	23	12	-	-	-	2	2	11	6	1	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	-	-
High °C	18	17	19	20	19	18	18	18	17	14	16	16	18	19	16	18	19	16	18	20	15	18
Low °C	18	17	18	19	19	18	18	18	14	14	14	15	17	17	15	17	18	15	17	19	14	17
Chill °C (?)	17	16	19	20	19	17	17	17	16	12	15	15	18	19	14	17	19	15	18	20	14	18
Sunrise	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:28
Sunset	-	8:49	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	1.3 NNE	1.1 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.6 W	1.3 NNW	1.7 NW	1.0 NNW	1.8 NW	0.4 SW	2.2 W	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.2 NNW	3.5 WSW	0.2 W	0.9 SSW	0.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	6	7	7	5	20	10	12	11	9	14	13	12	10	10	11	20	12	18	9	9	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	0.1 S	0.7 S	0.4 NW	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 N	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	22	12	19	18	16	-	9	6	12	-	-	21	15	19	15	17	16	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NNE	1.1 SE	0.8 ESE	-	0.6 W	0.9 WSW	-	2.1 WNW	2.5 W	2.3 W	-	5.5 WSW	3.5 W	4.0 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	1.3 W	2.5 WSW	-	-	1.0 SSE	-
Period (s)	6	6	4	-	4	4	-	7	8	8	-	13	13	11	-	11	9	10	-	-	6	-

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	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	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Kina Road Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.5 NNE	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.1 NNE	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.0 W	1.7 NW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	8	12	12	7	22	22	21	20	20	20	19	18	7	12	16	16	8	7	8
Energy(?)	247	304	193	426	110	118	221	227	305	303	360	482	644	844	555	486	1238	1105	1167	1207	473	1240
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	off	on	on	on	cross- on	off	on
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	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 Tide / height (m)		12:25PM 3.15				12:42AM 2.98				12:56PM 3.52					1:14AM 3.13				1:33PM 3.46
Low Tide / height (m)				6:39PM 0.23				6:50AM 0.49					7:15PM 0.53				7:28AM 0.54				8:02PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	1	19	4	5	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	2
Temp. °C	18	18	17	17	17	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	18	18	18	18	16	16
Chill °C (?)	17	17	16	16	16	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	17	17	18	16	17	17	17	17	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	1.2 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.1 N	1.3 NNE	1.1 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	1.0 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	0.4 SW	1.7 NW	1.1 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.4 SW	1.8 NW
Period (s)	6	7	7	8	8	7	7	6	5	21	20	20	11	10	10	18	12	12	11	11	16	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SSE	0.5 SW	0.5 W	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW	0.7 W	0.7 WSW	0.7 NW	0.2 S	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 S	-
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	6	12	22	12	12	12	20	19	13	10	18	16	16	16	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NNE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.4 SE	-	0.4 WSW	0.6 W	0.8 WNW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 W	-	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 W
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	-	2	4	4	4	4	7	7	-	7	7	8	7	8

	Wednesday 21																Thursday 22
	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	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Kina Road Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 S	0.3 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	24	24	13	23
Energy(?)	178	178	228	244	134	211	314	114	112	112	110	110	107	148	174	69	117	116	169	169	83	164
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						12:25PM 3.15												12:41AM 3.33
Low Tide / height (m)												6:35PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	6	6	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1
High °C	17	17	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	18	18	18	18	17	19
Chill °C (?)	16	16	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	16	15	17	17	17	17	17	19
Sunrise	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 N	1.2 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.1 N	0.3 S	1.1 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.1 NNE	0.3 S	0.9 NNE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	13	7	7	7	7	13	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.1 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.0 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 SE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4