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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	Fri		Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Fri
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	3	3	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	3.5 W	1.1 WSW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.5 W	4.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	1.9 WSW	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	14	12	11	10	13	12	12	8	12	8	9	9	10	12	12	10	11	10	10	8	9	7
Energy(?)	736	873	432	368	227	139	216	1471	719	1324	1151	933	1945	3378	2951	4297	3694	2897	1923	974	1044	500
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	3:21PM 2.20		4:06AM 2.30	4:50PM 2.51		5:25AM 2.37			6:25AM 2.51								8:27PM 3.18	8:37AM 3.39		9:07PM 3.39	9:20AM 3.26
Low Tide / height (m)		9:44PM 1.05	10:34AM 1.08		11:00PM 1.02					12:47PM 0.92						2:15PM 0.47	2:34AM 0.38		2:56PM 0.21		3:11AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	9	22	17	1	5	9	3	-	6	10	2	2	4	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	19	18	21	21	20	19	20	18	19	18	15	18	17	15	16	16	15	17	16	15	17	19
Low °C	18	17	17	21	19	19	18	16	19	17	14	15	17	14	14	15	15	16	16	12	17	17
Chill °C (?)	19	18	21	21	20	19	20	17	18	17	14	18	16	13	14	14	13	16	14	13	16	18
Sunrise	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-
Sunset	6:02	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:59	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:49
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 SW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	3.0 W	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.5 S	0.8 WSW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	14	12	11	10	10	12	12	-	12	11	16	14	10	12	12	-	16	12	15	10	18	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.9 S	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 NW	-	0.4 NW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 NW	0.2 W	0.2 WSW	-	0.3 NW	-	0.2 NNW	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.5 S
Period (s)	13	6	13	13	13	8	13	-	13	19	16	15	13	20	18	-	12	-	11	21	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 SSE	-	0.4 S	0.3 SE	0.6 S	1.3 SSW	3.5 W	1.9 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.0 W	-	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.5 W	4.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	1.9 WSW	1.8 W
Period (s)	-	6	-	5	3	3	5	8	7	8	9	9	-	12	12	10	11	10	10	8	9	7

	Friday 10			Saturday 11								Sunday 12								Monday 13
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.3 W	2.0 W	2.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	7	8	8	8
Energy(?)	1183	1067	1182	554	637	553	501	515	272	263	261	231	215	153	153	123	216	708	773	737	730	1306
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	off
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-ebb	low	ebb
High Tide / height (m)		3:21PM 2.20				4:06AM 2.30				4:50PM 2.51				5:25AM 2.37				5:56PM 2.60
Low Tide / height (m)				9:44PM 1.26				10:25AM 1.03				11:00PM 1.02				11:48AM 1.20					12:03AM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	16	7	10	15	2	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	18	17	18	17	17	18	22	21	21	20	20	19	17	20	19	20	18	18	18	18	16
Chill °C (?)	19	18	17	18	17	17	18	22	21	21	20	20	19	16	20	18	20	17	17	17	18	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 NW	0.2 NNW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.1 W
Period (s)	14	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	12	12	12	12	13	15	12	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.9 S	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.4 NW	-
Period (s)	13	13	13	14	6	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	9	9	13	13	-	12	12	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.9 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.3 W	2.0 W	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	3	4	2	2	-	-	-	3	-	-	4	3	3	4	5	4	5	7	7	8	8	8

	Friday 10											Saturday 11
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	9
Energy(?)	860	990	1281	795	1147	1067	897	810	642	563	782	873	821	719	794	423	417	412	357	488	432	61
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				3:37PM 2.51													4:12AM 2.61
Low Tide / height (m)										9:44PM 1.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	19	19	19	18	17	17	17	17	18	18	16	18	15	16	17	17	17	17	17	16
Chill °C (?)	19	19	19	19	19	18	16	17	16	16	18	18	16	18	15	16	17	17	17	17	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.8 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.3 NW	0.9 S	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	6	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	6	6	12	6	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 S	-	-	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSE	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	1.2 SSE	-	1.2 SSE	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	4	4	5	-	2	2	-	6	-	6	-	6	6	6	6	6	-	3