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 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			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	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki
Rating	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	3	2	0	2	3	0	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	8	8	11	11	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	11	11
Energy(?)	398	378	301	368	516	457	386	588	845	640	1605	2074	725	746	429	332	365	213	291	394	306	213
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	glass	cross	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			1:20AM 3.03		1:35PM 3.08	1:58AM 2.90		2:12PM 3.23	2:36AM 3.07		2:52PM 2.97	3:18AM 2.85		3:38PM 2.78		4:10AM 2.76	4:38PM 2.68		5:21AM 2.60	5:57PM 2.54		6:50AM 2.61
Low Tide / height (m)			7:18PM 0.13	7:32AM 0.23		7:55PM 0.28	8:09AM 0.42		8:35PM 0.76	8:38AM 0.46		9:14PM 0.87	9:37AM 1.09		9:59PM 1.04	10:31AM 1.32		10:57PM 0.97	11:42AM 1.36		12:15AM 1.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	16	18	20	18	20	20	19	20	20	16	19	20	17	19	22	18	20	21	19	21
Low °C	18	19	15	17	19	16	19	19	18	19	18	14	17	19	15	17	20	17	18	20	18	20
Chill °C (?)	19	20	15	17	20	18	20	20	19	20	20	16	19	20	17	19	22	18	20	21	19	21
Sunrise	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:47
Sunset	-	8:35	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.1 NW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	14	12	11	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	0.2 W	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.7 SW	0.6 S
Period (s)	16	16	19	15	14	13	13	-	13	13	13	-	12	12	11	11	-	7	12	12	11	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	-	1.1 W	1.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	-	0.6 S	1.0 S	0.3 NE
Period (s)	-	-	3	6	8	8	6	11	-	6	7	13	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	6	6	3

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	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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Bell Block Reef Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	3	3	3	3	0	3	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 W	0.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	6	11	7	8	8	8	8	12	12	11	11	11	13
Energy(?)	537	674	634	539	378	600	403	294	292	172	368	464	516	535	525	457	453	401	386	389	588	776
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)									1:20AM 3.37				1:36PM 3.36				1:58AM 3.23				2:12PM 3.17
Low Tide / height (m)		6:52AM 0.10					7:18PM 0.13				7:31AM 0.53				7:57PM 0.55				8:10AM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	18	18	20	19	16	15	14	14	17	18	18	18	16	16	15	16	19	20	20	19
Chill °C (?)	16	16	18	18	20	19	15	14	13	12	16	17	17	17	15	15	15	16	19	20	20	19
Sunrise	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:34
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.2 S	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.1 NW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	11	11	14	13	12	12	7	12	11	11	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 S	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.9 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	0.1 NW
Period (s)	16	5	4	4	16	15	15	19	18	11	15	14	14	14	13	13	12	13	13	13	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.4 W	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	-	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	-	6	6	6	11	-

	Thursday 05
	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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Bell Block Reef Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	3	3	3	3	0	3	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	597	724	724	698	521	785	657	471	398	90	413	435	434	378	378	377	370	392	343	345	340	347
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)													1:01PM 3.53
Low Tide / height (m)						6:52AM 0.10													7:19PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	16	15	16	17	17	18	18	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	18	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	16	14	16	17	17	18	18	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	18	16	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 SSW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	5	4	16	16	10	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	19	19	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S	-	-	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	5	5	5	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3