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 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19
	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	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki
Rating	4	0	3	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	5	4	4	4	2	0	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	14	13	11	16	16	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	1068	690	626	544	317	317	215	202	144	205	45	85	2440	2997	3861	1939	1487	1779	655	406	297	156
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:13AM 2.43	5:36PM 2.53		6:17AM 2.42	6:37PM 2.49		7:15AM 2.47		7:36PM 2.77	8:06AM 2.55		8:24PM 2.66	8:49AM 2.63		9:03PM 2.59	9:33AM 2.75		9:51PM 2.83	10:24AM 2.78		10:35PM 3.08
Low Tide / height (m)	11:04PM 0.71	11:25AM 0.84		12:02AM 0.75	12:26PM 0.88		12:55AM 0.73		1:30PM 1.09	1:56AM 0.93		2:17PM 0.82	2:40AM 0.76		2:59PM 0.73	3:15AM 0.57		3:52PM 0.86		4:10AM 0.51	4:29PM 0.81
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	2	-	-	40	-	-	4	4	5	3	2	-	-
High °C	15	20	22	17	19	19	17	19	20	18	23	24	17	17	16	14	15	15	14	16	17	14
Low °C	14	18	22	15	19	19	17	17	19	18	21	22	15	16	16	12	14	15	13	15	16	13
Chill °C (?)	14	20	22	17	19	19	17	19	20	18	23	24	16	16	15	13	14	15	14	16	17	13
Sunrise	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:47	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	14	13	11	16	16	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.1 N	0.2 WNW	0.2 WSW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.8 NNW	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.5 S	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.3 NW
Period (s)	8	15	14	14	14	14	4	16	15	13	7	18	8	7	6	11	10	6	11	16	9	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 S	0.4 SSE	-	0.8 SSE	0.3 NNE	0.5 NNW	-	0.8 NNW	1.3 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.6 NW	0.8 WNW	1.5 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	3	-	5	3	4	-	4	5	5	4	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Fri	Saturday 13								Sunday 14								Monday 15
	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	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1019	1007	1211	1034	1104	830	626	809	538	503	618	528	401	313	317	265	349	215	218	179	202	172
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				5:13AM 2.43				5:36PM 2.53				6:19AM 2.42				6:33PM 2.46					7:17AM 2.72
Low Tide / height (m)		11:04PM 0.71				11:27AM 0.84				11:55PM 1.01				12:24PM 0.86				12:58AM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	14	15	14	15	18	19	22	21	17	17	16	16	19	19	19	19	17	17	17	16	17	19
Chill °C (?)	12	14	13	14	18	19	22	21	16	17	16	16	19	19	19	19	17	17	16	15	16	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.5 S	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	5	5	4	14	14	4	4	4	13	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.1 S	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	-	0.9 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.5 NNW	-	0.4 NNW	-	0.5 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.9 NNW
Period (s)	6	7	7	6	6	5	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	4	-	4	4	4	5

	Friday 12				Saturday 13
	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	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1042	1118	1041	1022	1141	985	850	1085	715	715	1047	979	842	691	690	669	878	629	692	708	626	616
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	glass	on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)											5:13AM 2.43
Low Tide / height (m)					11:04PM 0.71												11:25AM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	14	14	14	15	15	14	15	15	14	15	14	17	18	20	20	20	17	17	22	22
Chill °C (?)	15	14	12	12	13	14	14	13	14	14	13	14	12	16	18	20	20	20	16	16	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.2 S	0.2 NNW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	15	8	8	8	8	8	7	15	7	7	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 S	1.4 SSE	-	1.2 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSE	-	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	7	-	7	3	3	6	6	6	3	3	3	5	-	4	4	-	-