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 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tue
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	4	2	2	1	1	0	2	2	0	2	2	3	3	3	0	3	3	0	3	2	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 S	3.0 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.8 S	0.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 WSW	0.9 W	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 SSE	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 W	1.0 SW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	8	7	10	8	8	8	6	14	13	11	10	7	18	18	16	16	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	784	1562	348	135	103	692	482	310	137	209	267	414	635	719	380	871	495	227	589	277	236	317
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)	6:43PM 2.72		7:28AM 3.05		8:22PM 2.54	8:31AM 3.06		9:07PM 2.87	9:40AM 3.00		10:31PM 2.69	11:00AM 2.87		11:03PM 2.48	11:27AM 2.63		11:31PM 3.12	12:01PM 3.71		1:00AM 2.77
Low Tide / height (m)		1:09AM 0.48		1:44PM 0.57	2:49AM 0.90		2:59PM 0.45	3:26AM 0.28		3:43PM 0.46		4:46AM 0.73	5:01PM 0.17		5:19AM 0.15	5:26PM 0.06		5:49AM 0.32	6:32PM 0.09		7:09AM 0.68	6:55PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	3	4	1	4	1	3	3	1	-	-	6	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	17	22	22	18	18	19	16	18	18	16	19	20	15	19	20	15	20	18	17	19	20
Low °C	18	16	19	20	18	18	18	15	18	18	15	17	19	13	17	20	15	18	18	16	18	19
Chill °C (?)	21	17	22	22	18	17	18	16	18	18	16	19	20	13	19	20	14	20	18	17	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-
Sunset	8:52	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	1.3 NNW	3.0 NNW	0.8 S	0.5 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 W	0.8 W	1.0 W	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	0.6 W	1.0 SW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	11	7	10	13	13	8	6	6	7	11	10	9	9	11	11	16	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 N	0.4 SW	1.6 SSE	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.1 W	0.1 S	0.6 NW	0.5 NNW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 W	0.4 SW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	6	12	8	11	9	18	8	7	6	14	13	7	12	12	12	18	16	11	11	10	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 S	3.0 SSE	-	-	-	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.2 SSE	1.7 S	1.7 SSE	0.3 SSE	1.2 S	0.7 S	0.3 NNE	0.5 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	6	7	7	3	7	5	3	3	-	-	-

	Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31								Thursday 01								Friday 02
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	South Beach (Wanganui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	3	3	2	4	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 S	2.3 S	0.6 SSW	3.0 SSE	1.5 SSW	2.1 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	8	10	9	8	9	8	8	16	16	10	10	9	9	10	8	8	8	8	7	7	7
Energy(?)	804	854	222	2490	285	691	348	245	226	187	85	103	82	90	242	732	573	464	283	528	305	202
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	on	cross- on	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	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	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		6:43PM 2.72					7:38AM 2.67				8:22PM 2.54				8:45AM 2.25				9:13PM 2.28
Low Tide / height (m)					1:37AM 0.96				1:56PM 0.60				2:41AM 0.44				2:43PM 0.41				3:52AM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	2	4	2	-	2	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	22	18	18	17	14	18	19	22	23	20	18	18	18	18	20	18	18	18	17	15	15	16
Chill °C (?)	22	18	17	16	13	17	19	22	23	20	18	18	18	18	20	18	18	18	16	14	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 NNW	2.4 S	1.5 SSW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.2 S	0.4 WSW	1.7 W	1.5 W	0.2 WSW	1.4 W	1.1 W	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	7	9	8	10	11	10	7	6	10	10	9	9	8	13	8	8	12	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 N	0.4 NNW	0.6 SSW	1.8 NNW	0.1 W	2.1 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	6	6	10	11	12	9	8	8	16	16	8	9	9	8	14	16	7	7	16	12	12	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 S	2.3 S	0.5 E	3.0 SSE	-	-	-	-	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	0.3 NNW	-	0.3 N	0.3 N	1.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	-	-	1.5 W	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	-
Period (s)	9	8	3	9	-	-	-	-	10	10	2	-	2	2	10	8	-	-	8	7	7	-

	Tuesday 30										Wednesday 31
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	South Beach (Wanganui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	3	3	2	4	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSE	2.1 S	0.4 SSW	2.2 S	0.8 S	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	2.4 NNW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	10	9	6	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	10	11	11	8	8	8	10
Energy(?)	1816	804	81	816	85	1233	1372	1405	1561	1560	641	657	657	572	572	1631	2118	2118	340	322	277	1194
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)						6:29PM 2.88													7:39AM 2.12	8:03AM 2.50
Low Tide / height (m)													1:34AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	22	22	20	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	19	19	19	17	18	19	22
Chill °C (?)	21	22	22	20	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	18	18	18	17	18	19	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	6:00	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 S	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.5 NNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	2.4 NNW
Period (s)	9	12	10	12	8	12	12	9	9	9	13	13	13	8	8	10	10	10	8	8	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.3 N	0.4 SW	0.3 NNW	0.1 W	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	12	6	12	6	12	10	10	12	12	12	19	19	19	12	12	10	11	11	12	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SSE	2.1 S	-	2.2 S	0.8 S	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	-	-	-	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	-	9	6	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	-	-	-	11	11	-	-	-	-