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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	Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Fri
	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	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki
Rating	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	3	2	1	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.9 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.0 S	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 S	1.9 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.4 SW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SSE
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	12	7	8	7	7	8	7	8	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	6	21	9	8
Energy(?)	500	715	528	585	673	790	424	593	512	399	486	481	397	500	834	966	1023	571	320	155	2303	2162
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:29PM 2.76	9:55AM 2.74		10:10PM 2.89	10:37AM 2.89		10:51PM 2.81	11:14AM 3.01		11:28PM 2.90	11:49AM 3.10		12:05AM 3.32	12:24PM 3.15		12:40AM 2.97	12:59PM 3.15		1:18AM 2.95
Low Tide / height (m)		3:23PM 0.89	3:41AM 0.75		4:02PM 0.77		4:21AM 0.49	4:47PM 0.51		4:59AM 0.37	5:25PM 0.39		5:36AM 0.28	5:56PM 0.28		6:12AM 0.23	6:38PM 0.24		6:49AM 0.22		7:15PM 0.22	7:27AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	35	7
High °C	20	20	18	21	22	17	20	20	16	20	21	19	19	20	18	18	18	18	21	26	19	20
Low °C	19	20	16	19	19	13	16	19	12	16	21	13	16	20	16	17	18	16	19	23	17	20
Chill °C (?)	20	20	18	21	22	16	20	20	15	20	21	19	19	20	18	18	18	18	21	26	19	20
Sunrise	6:15	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22
Sunset	-	8:51	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:46	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 S	0.4 NNW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	7	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	11	12	13	13	13	12	12	5	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.1 NW	0.5 W	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 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	0.1 W	0.3 NNW	0.4 SW	0.3 NNW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	14	6	6	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	15	14	14	14	13	13	24	12	21	16	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NW	-	0.9 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.0 S	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 S	1.9 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.3 SSE	-	4.0 WSW	3.0 SSE
Period (s)	6	-	6	7	7	8	7	7	8	7	8	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	6	-	9	8

	Friday 16							Saturday 17								Sunday 18
	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	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	3	3	3	0	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	1	0	3	3	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.9 SSE	0.5 W	0.8 WSW	2.1 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.0 S	2.2 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	7	12	12	8	8	7	7	7	7	8
Energy(?)	619	666	500	507	612	551	596	1006	650	602	585	610	673	109	306	790	603	477	424	504	593	669
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			9:10AM 2.82				9:30PM 2.57				9:57AM 2.75					10:12PM 2.70				10:37AM 2.89
Low Tide / height (m)	2:58AM 0.86				3:23PM 0.89				3:40AM 0.63					4:02PM 0.63				4:21AM 0.49				4:47PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	19	20	19	18	18	17	16	16	19	21	22	22	17	15	14	13	16	20	20	19
Chill °C (?)	18	18	19	20	19	18	18	17	16	16	19	21	22	22	16	13	12	11	15	20	20	19
Sunrise	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 NW	1.1 S	1.2 SSE	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.5 W	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	7	6	7	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.1 NW	0.9 WSW	0.4 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW
Period (s)	14	7	14	12	6	6	6	11	11	11	11	10	10	5	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.0 S	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.5 S	1.9 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.8 S	2.1 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.0 S	2.2 S
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	3	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	8

	Friday 16
	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	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	3	3	3	0	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	1	0	3	3	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.5 W	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	588	609	619	546	615	666	637	909	650	728	718	704	704	261	438	596	582	573	607	612	596	596
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	on	on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									9:14AM 2.61												9:30PM 2.57
Low Tide / height (m)		2:58AM 0.86													3:28PM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	18	19	18	17	19	19	19	19	20	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	19	18	18	17
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	19	18	16	19	19	19	19	20	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	19	18	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.3 NW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.5 W	1.1 NW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	6	6	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	6	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.4 NW	0.9 WSW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	11	13	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	-	1.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	5	5	6	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6