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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	Thu	Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	3	3	0	2	2	0	2	1	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	7	8	11	12	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	306	380	418	464	348	609	845	980	1447	1481	641	703	605	524	407	339	178	143	115	108	174	199
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	on	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	1:21AM 3.04		1:36PM 3.42	2:09AM 2.36		2:12PM 3.17	2:36AM 3.01		2:59PM 2.20	3:18AM 2.85		3:38PM 2.84		4:10AM 2.70	4:38PM 2.62		5:14AM 2.26	5:57PM 2.54		6:36AM 2.24		7:16PM 2.58
Low Tide / height (m)		7:31AM 0.59		7:55PM 0.20	8:10AM 0.71		8:35PM 0.70	8:51AM 0.91		9:14PM 0.87	9:37AM 1.15		9:59PM 1.04	10:31AM 1.26		10:55PM 1.19	11:36AM 1.11		12:09AM 1.03	12:55PM 1.12	1:09PM 1.34	1:38AM 1.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	18	18	18	20	20	19	20	20	16	19	21	16	19	19	16	19	18	17	19	20	17
Low °C	15	17	18	17	19	19	18	19	18	15	16	20	16	18	18	13	18	18	15	18	19	17
Chill °C (?)	15	17	17	18	20	20	19	20	20	15	19	21	15	19	19	16	19	18	17	19	20	17
Sunrise	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:46	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:29	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 N	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	14	12	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	7	11	6	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.2 W	0.7 SW	0.1 N	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SW	0.5 W
Period (s)	19	15	14	13	13	-	-	-	13	12	12	12	12	4	4	7	11	12	11	6	5	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	-	-	-	0.8 S	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	-	-	0.4 WSW	-
Period (s)	4	7	7	8	6	12	13	12	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	5	-

	Thu	Friday 06								Saturday 07								Sunday 08
	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	Graveyards Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 W	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 W	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	6	11	7	7	8	8	8	12	12	11	11	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	456	298	292	192	380	414	418	527	410	464	458	408	348	396	609	764	764	845	902	662	980	996
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	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	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			1:20AM 3.37				1:36PM 3.36				1:58AM 3.23				2:12PM 3.17				2:35AM 2.72
Low Tide / height (m)					7:31AM 0.53				7:55PM 0.20				8:10AM 0.71				8:32PM 0.43				8:51AM 0.91
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	14	14	14	17	18	18	18	16	17	15	15	19	20	20	19	18	18	19	18	19	20
Chill °C (?)	15	13	13	12	16	17	17	17	15	16	15	15	19	20	20	19	18	17	19	18	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:34	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.2 S	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.1 NW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	1.3 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	11	11	11	9	11	11	14	13	13	12	7	12	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 S	0.1 NW	0.9 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	0.1 NW	-	-
Period (s)	15	19	18	17	15	14	14	14	8	13	12	13	13	13	-	13	13	-	-	13	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.5 W	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 W	1.5 WSW	-	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	-	-	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	-	4	4	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	-	7	6	6	12	-	-	13	12	6	12	12

	Thursday 05				Friday 06
	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	Graveyards Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.5 W	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.1 SW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	8	11	11	11	11	18	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	7	7	7	7	7	8
Energy(?)	487	342	337	61	349	306	301	293	30	292	411	411	411	380	380	351	423	414	458	386	418	461
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)							1:20AM 3.31												1:35PM 3.08
Low Tide / height (m)													7:31AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	17	14	15	15	16	16	14	16	14	14	16	16	17	17	18	18	19	19	18	18
Chill °C (?)	16	18	17	13	14	14	15	15	13	15	13	13	15	15	16	16	17	17	18	18	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.5 W	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.2 S	1.0 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	8	11	11	11	11	10	11	17	17	17	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.3 S	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	15	19	19	10	19	19	19	18	10	18	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	-	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 W	0.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	-	3	3	-	3	4	4	4	6	4	11	11	11	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8