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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	Tue	Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Bell Block Reef Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	4	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.1 NNW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	2.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 W
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	12	12	13	11	10	10	9	7	8	10	10	10	11	12	13	13	13	16	6
Energy(?)	803	766	448	270	161	227	373	193	264	333	593	851	1521	1526	619	1476	982	1301	965	794	1159	106
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)	3:14AM 2.38		3:43PM 2.30		4:25AM 2.28	5:14PM 2.49		5:51AM 2.22	6:29PM 2.16		7:16AM 2.32		7:36PM 2.23	8:11AM 2.84		8:37PM 2.80	9:02AM 2.73		9:21PM 3.00	9:32AM 2.87		10:13PM 2.90
Low Tide / height (m)		9:48AM 1.25		10:08PM 1.02	10:51AM 1.15		11:24PM 1.11	12:16PM 1.16		12:47AM 1.06		1:32PM 1.03	1:42AM 0.87		2:32PM 0.98	2:50AM 0.84		3:14PM 0.73	3:31AM 0.60		3:43PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	2	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	17	13	18	20	19	19	20	19	17	17	14	17	19	16	18	18	16	19	19	15
Low °C	15	17	17	10	16	19	18	19	19	16	16	16	13	16	17	16	17	17	15	17	18	14
Chill °C (?)	18	18	17	13	18	20	19	19	20	19	16	16	13	16	19	15	17	17	15	19	19	14
Sunrise	-	7:16	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:49	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 N	0.9 NNW	1.1 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.2 S	0.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.1 N	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 W
Period (s)	14	13	13	12	12	13	11	6	10	9	9	8	22	10	7	18	12	12	13	13	13	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.9 N	0.7 N	0.1 NW	0.4 NNE	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.8 NNW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 W	0.3 NNW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 NW	0.4 WSW	-	0.1 N	0.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	6	6	6	9	5	11	12	10	11	13	15	24	8	20	19	13	18	-	12	18	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.4 NE	-	-	0.7 NE	-	0.8 N	-	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	1.7 W	2.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	4	4	-	-	4	-	6	-	7	8	10	-	10	11	8	13	-	-	-	3

	Tue	Wednesday 11								Thursday 12								Friday 13
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	12
Energy(?)	1007	584	758	605	538	365	534	566	344	281	265	220	242	141	227	305	574	276	266	258	213	75
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			3:22AM 2.44				3:43PM 2.30					4:25AM 2.28				5:14PM 2.49				5:42AM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)	9:04PM 0.81				9:42AM 1.02					10:08PM 1.02				10:56AM 1.37				11:25PM 1.31				12:25PM 1.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Temp. °C	18	17	16	15	17	17	17	17	16	15	15	14	17	18	19	20	19	18	18	19	20	19
Chill °C (?)	18	17	16	15	17	17	17	17	16	15	15	13	17	18	19	20	19	18	18	19	20	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NNW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.8 S	0.7 N	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 SW	0.7 N	0.8 N	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	10	10	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	15	14	11	11	12	6	6	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 SSE	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.5 N	-	-	1.0 NNE	-	-	0.6 NE	0.4 ENE	1.1 N
Period (s)	-	7	4	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	6	-	-	4	3	7

	Tuesday 10				Wednesday 11
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1194	652	847	847	904	584	1011	1001	758	758	611	605	626	371	371	371	676	365	309	472	465	294
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)									3:22AM 2.44												3:35PM 2.24
Low Tide / height (m)			9:11PM 0.85												9:48AM 1.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	13	16	16	17	18	17	18	20	21	16
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	12	16	16	17	18	17	18	20	21	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	1.0 S	0.4 NNW	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.3 NW	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.9 N	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.7 N
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	6	10	6	6	6	6	5	5	10	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.8 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	-	0.5 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	-	7	6	6	-	7	7	4	4	4	4	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4