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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	Wed	Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03
	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	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	1	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	4	2	2	0	0	0	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WNW	0.8 W	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WSW	2.3 W	2.5 W	0.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 WSW	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.5 NNW	4.5 NNW	1.2 W
Period(s) (?)	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	8	8	12	14	13	9	11	12	10	11	10	7	10	10
Energy(?)	492	103	182	331	509	439	398	543	589	1666	336	1478	1151	1549	2688	2272	458	628	271	714	3505	327
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	2:51AM 1.99		3:17PM 2.08	3:50AM 1.92		4:15PM 2.92		4:57AM 1.90	5:24PM 2.05		6:24AM 2.34	6:32PM 2.11		6:51AM 2.92		7:36PM 2.22	7:48AM 2.78		8:16PM 2.99	8:41AM 2.97		9:08PM 3.36
Low Tide / height (m)		8:53AM 0.64		9:36PM 0.65	9:54AM 0.71		10:47PM 0.67	11:10AM 0.74		12:03AM 0.61	12:36PM 1.06		12:35AM 0.75		1:08PM 0.59	2:11AM 0.36		1:57PM 0.41	2:34AM 0.18		2:59PM 0.25	3:29AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	9	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	24	-
High °C	20	24	24	19	19	20	17	18	19	14	21	18	18	16	17	14	20	17	17	19	19	17
Low °C	18	21	22	19	19	19	15	18	17	13	19	17	15	16	16	12	17	17	15	18	18	16
Chill °C (?)	20	24	24	19	19	20	17	18	19	12	21	17	17	15	16	13	20	17	16	18	18	16
Sunrise	-	5:48	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:35	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	0.1 S	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WSW	0.2 S	2.3 W	1.1 W	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.2 WNW	3.0 WSW	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	1.2 W
Period (s)	9	8	12	8	8	8	8	11	6	8	7	14	13	12	11	12	10	11	10	10	13	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WNW	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.7 WSW	0.1 N	-	-	2.0 WSW	0.8 NW	-	0.1 N	0.8 WNW	0.3 WSW	0.2 W	0.1 SW
Period (s)	13	13	12	10	15	10	10	9	6	6	12	11	-	-	12	9	-	18	8	13	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	0.4 NNW	1.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	2.3 W	2.5 W	-	1.1 NNW	2.1 NW	2.5 WNW	-	-	-	1.2 WNW	0.6 N	2.5 NNW	4.5 NNW	0.8 NNW
Period (s)	9	3	8	-	-	-	-	5	8	8	-	8	7	9	-	-	-	8	4	7	10	4

	Wed	Thursday 27								Friday 28								Saturday 29
	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	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	3	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	3	2	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 NW	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.5 NW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.0 W	1.6 W	1.5 WNW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	10	9	11	11
Energy(?)	702	492	129	106	103	310	182	152	442	136	167	201	497	443	409	155	422	364	518	464	547	813
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			2:51AM 1.99				3:17PM 2.08									4:18PM 2.04				4:40AM 2.36
Low Tide / height (m)	8:38PM 0.60				8:53AM 0.64				9:36PM 0.65					10:02AM 1.04				10:33PM 0.70				11:01AM 1.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	19	18	18	21	19	24	22	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	20	17	17	15	17	18	18
Chill °C (?)	20	19	17	18	21	18	24	22	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	20	17	17	14	17	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.0 WNW	1.0 W	1.1 W	0.1 S	0.2 WSW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.0 W	1.6 W	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	8	12	12	12	8	8	8	10	15	8	9	9	9	8	9	9	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 NW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 W	0.1 N	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	-	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WNW	-
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	15	12	15	15	-	14	10	10	10	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 NW	1.5 WNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 N	0.4 NNW	1.5 NW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.3 NNW	-	1.2 W	1.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	8	9	3	3	3	8	8	8	8	3	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	11

	Wednesday 26				Thursday 27
	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	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	3	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	3	2	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 NW	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 W	1.5 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 W	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 NW	1.1 WNW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7
Energy(?)	201	113	496	496	492	330	489	134	129	102	102	106	323	246	308	93	237	229	305	216	295	292
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)								2:51AM 1.99													3:11PM 2.59
Low Tide / height (m)		8:38PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	23	22	22	19	22	19	19
Chill °C (?)	21	20	20	20	19	19	17	17	17	18	18	18	17	17	18	23	22	22	18	22	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.5 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 W	0.4 SW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 W	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 NW	1.1 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	13	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.1 N	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.1 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	9	14	14	14	14	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	0.7 NW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	-	1.5 WNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 N	0.3 N	1.5 NW	0.7 NNE	1.0 NNE	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNE	-	0.9 NNE	-	1.6 NW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	8	4	9	9	9	-	9	3	3	3	3	3	8	4	5	3	3	-	5	-	7	7