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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	Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thu
	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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 W	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period(s)	17	16	16	14	14	13	12	21	18	17	16	15	14	14	17	16	15	14	14	13	13	13
Energy	1288	1356	1339	545	608	585	610	559	1245	1542	1042	525	529	509	530	662	580	614	544	597	550	307
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			7:41PM 2.87	8:03AM 3.31		8:28PM 3.06	8:54AM 3.20		9:23PM 3.28	9:42AM 3.26		10:11PM 3.66	10:30AM 3.25		10:58PM 3.35	11:20AM 3.17		11:48PM 3.28		12:12PM 3.03	12:41AM 3.16
Low Tide / height (m)		1:35PM 0.26	1:48AM 0.32		2:22PM 0.10	2:37AM 0.16		3:12PM 0.18		3:35AM 0.07	3:57PM -0.06		4:24AM 0.04	4:45PM -0.03		5:15AM 0.07	5:35PM 0.06		6:08AM 0.17		6:28PM 0.20	7:03AM 0.28
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	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	12	14	14	12	13	14	11	12	14	13	13	14	12	13	13	12	13	13	11	14
Low °C	12	12	10	12	12	11	11	11	9	10	12	11	12	12	11	12	12	10	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	13	14	12	14	14	12	13	14	9	11	14	12	13	14	11	13	13	12	13	12	10	13
Sunrise	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:24
Sunset	-	5:22	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	13	16	16	14	14	13	12	12	12	17	16	15	14	14	13	16	15	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 W	0.8 SSE	0.6 W	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 S	-	0.2 W	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	-	-	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	17	-	-	-	8	26	6	21	18	12	5	-	21	19	17	-	-	4	4	4	21	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	-	-	0.6 S	-	1.2 SSE	-	0.4 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	0.5 WSW	-	1.1 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	6	5	-	-	4	-	5	-	2	5	5	6	5	4	-	-	-	-	4	-	6	6

	Thursday 14							Friday 15								Saturday 16
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.9 WSW
Period(s)	13	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	21	21	20
Energy	1214	1306	1288	1018	1356	1126	1113	1339	1103	1114	545	538	608	582	502	585	548	619	610	596	559	1154
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off
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	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:17AM 2.92				7:50PM 2.96				8:03AM 3.31				8:36PM 3.15				8:54AM 3.20
Low Tide / height (m)	1:07AM 0.51				1:35PM 0.26				1:48AM 0.32				2:22PM 0.10				2:46AM 0.18					3:09PM -0.01
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)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	12	14	14	12	12	11	11	11	12	14	14	12	12	11	11	11	11	13	14	11
Chill °C (?)	10	9	10	13	14	11	11	11	10	10	11	14	14	12	11	11	10	10	10	13	14	10
Sunrise	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:19	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	0.6 S	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 W	0.8 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	18	18	17	-	-	-	8	-	-	5	-	-	8	8	8	26	6	6	6	21	21	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.0 SSE	-	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	-	-	0.8 SSE	-	-	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	-	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	-	-	1.0 SSE
Period (s)	6	6	6	-	5	5	5	-	-	5	-	-	4	4	5	-	6	6	5	-	-	5

	Thursday 14
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach 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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Energy	1376	1236	1214	1303	1207	1306	1297	1297	1288	1288	1598	1018	1390	1373	1356	1356	1141	1126	1126	1113	1113	1070
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)								7:17AM 2.92												7:50PM 2.96
Low Tide / height (m)		1:07AM 0.51												1:35PM 0.26
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	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	13	14	14	14	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	12	13	13	13	15	14	14	12	11	11	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.4 SE	-	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	3	-	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5