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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	Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tue
	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	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	3	0	2	2	1	1	2	0	2	2	3	4	4	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.3 S	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	13	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	11	12	12	10	13	13	14	14	13	12
Energy(?)	2223	1316	1505	1434	1516	956	192	382	431	281	71	183	149	217	180	325	631	1076	1558	1255	1356	487
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			10:01PM 3.34	10:16AM 3.12		10:37PM 3.08	10:53AM 3.44		11:11PM 3.13	11:24AM 3.15		11:44PM 3.13	11:57AM 3.09		12:17AM 3.08	12:30PM 2.98		12:52AM 2.98	12:59PM 2.81	1:04PM 2.83	1:18AM 2.76
Low Tide / height (m)		3:49PM 0.22		4:07AM 0.25	4:29PM 0.14		4:47AM 0.35	5:05PM 0.28		5:20AM 0.18	5:39PM 0.11		5:55AM 0.23	6:03PM 0.19		6:29AM 0.33	6:43PM 0.32		6:59AM 0.44		7:10PM 0.46	7:41AM 0.88
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	2	1	-	6	13
High °C	19	17	13	16	18	14	18	17	14	18	19	16	18	18	17	18	18	17	19	19	17	16
Low °C	15	15	12	14	15	13	15	16	13	14	17	15	17	17	16	17	18	16	16	17	15	15
Chill °C (?)	19	16	11	16	18	14	18	17	14	18	19	15	18	17	17	18	18	17	19	19	16	15
Sunrise	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43
Sunset	-	7:20	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.3 S	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 S	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	9	13	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	11	12	11	12	12	10	13	13	14	14	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.8 WSW	0.2 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.2 S	-	0.1 S	0.5 NNW	0.6 WSW	0.1 N	1.2 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.6 N	1.4 WSW	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	-	15	15	9	-	9	-	-	-	-	13	12	-	11	4	14	12	7	7	6	13	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	1.5 S	1.1 SSE	0.7 SSE	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	0.8 W	0.3 NNE	0.7 NNW	-	-	0.6 NNE	1.6 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.4 SSE
Period (s)	10	6	7	5	-	9	-	-	-	-	4	5	2	4	-	-	4	7	7	8	8	7

	Tuesday 31					Wednesday 01								Thursday 02								Fri
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Whangaehu River Mouth Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	0	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	9	9	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	647	1834	1149	1368	1203	1505	1018	1048	1434	1306	1254	1067	1045	1077	1286	1089	695	604	141	506	501	241
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	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
High Tide / height (m)	9:59AM 2.24				10:00PM 2.98					10:16AM 3.12				10:28PM 2.99				10:53AM 3.17				11:12PM 3.41
Low Tide / height (m)			3:51PM 0.50					4:10AM 0.41				4:29PM 0.14				4:45AM 0.19				5:04PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	18	19	15	13	13	13	12	14	17	16	16	14	13	14	13	15	16	18	16	14	15
Chill °C (?)	17	18	19	14	11	12	12	11	14	17	15	16	14	13	14	13	15	16	18	16	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	9	10	9	9	9	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	0.2 S	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 S	0.5 SSE	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.1 N	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.2 S	-	0.2 N
Period (s)	16	15	15	14	14	15	13	13	9	5	9	8	12	-	12	12	9	9	-	12	-	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.1 SSE	-	-	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	7	7	-	-	5	5	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 31																Wednesday 01
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Whangaehu River Mouth Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	0	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	14	14	13	13	14	13	14	14
Energy(?)	695	2046	2223	5600	5485	2362	1628	1389	1316	1433	1382	1368	1311	1426	1507	1507	1536	1373	313	1558	1163	1033
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:38AM 3.40												10:00PM 2.98
Low Tide / height (m)									3:51PM 0.24												3:58AM 0.24	4:10AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	15	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	15	15	13	14	13	12	13	13	12	12	13	13
Chill °C (?)	15	13	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	13	14	11	14	11	10	12	12	11	11	13	12
Sunrise	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	0.1 N	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.0 W	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	9	15	-	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	13	9	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	-	-	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.6 WSW	0.9 SSE	1.3 WSW	0.1 N
Period (s)	16	-	-	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	6	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.2 S	-	-	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	-	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	-	1.1 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	10	10	10	5	-	-	6	6	7	7	7	-	7	7	7	7	-	7	-	-