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 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			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	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	1	2	2	0	3	0	0	3	4	2	0	0	0	4	3	0	3	2	0	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 W	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.0 W	2.2 W	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.3 WNW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 SW	1.0 WSW	1.8 NNW	0.4 WSW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	7	8	9	9	11	8	11	7	14	8	12	12	11	11	11	10	7	9	10	10
Energy(?)	105	178	247	511	431	464	615	661	1147	180	1363	1428	2001	2418	1244	624	727	318	465	55	2056	2037
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		3:17PM 2.08	3:50AM 1.92		4:18PM 2.04		4:57AM 1.90	5:24PM 2.05		6:07AM 1.96	6:09PM 2.63		6:57AM 2.65		7:03PM 2.94	7:49AM 2.92		8:13PM 2.96	8:53AM 3.30		9:08PM 3.36	9:45AM 3.49
Low Tide / height (m)			9:36PM 0.65	10:02AM 1.04		10:47PM 0.67	11:10AM 0.74		12:10AM 1.03	12:29PM 0.68		12:41AM 0.48			1:31AM 0.50		2:06PM 0.43	2:31AM 0.16		3:05PM 0.47	3:29AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	10	4
High °C	24	24	19	19	18	16	18	19	14	21	19	17	17	17	14	18	19	17	19	19	19	17
Low °C	21	22	18	19	18	15	18	17	14	19	18	15	16	16	13	16	18	16	18	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	24	24	19	19	18	16	17	18	12	21	18	16	16	16	12	18	19	17	18	18	18	16
Sunrise	5:48	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	8:28	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:34	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.1 S	1.4 WNW	0.2 WSW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.0 W	0.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 SW	1.0 WSW	1.8 NNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	8	12	7	10	9	9	11	11	11	7	14	13	10	12	11	11	11	10	7	8	12	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WNW	0.1 S	1.4 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 NW	-	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.7 NNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 NW	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	13	12	12	15	15	10	9	6	7	12	8	-	12	11	8	9	8	8	10	9	18	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	1.2 WNW	-	1.8 WNW	-	-	1.2 WSW	2.2 W	1.9 W	-	1.0 N	2.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 N	-	0.3 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NW
Period (s)	3	8	-	8	-	-	9	8	7	-	5	8	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	2	10	10

	Thursday 27							Friday 28								Saturday 29
	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	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	0	0	2	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 W	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	10	10	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	129	113	105	227	178	169	476	488	163	167	423	515	444	443	897	556	597	576	615	875	875	903
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	2:51AM 1.99				3:17PM 2.08									4:02PM 2.52				4:46AM 2.40				5:13PM 2.94
Low Tide / height (m)			8:53AM 0.64				9:36PM 0.65				9:50AM 0.77					10:33PM 0.88				11:01AM 1.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	21	19	24	22	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	16	15	15	14	18	18	18	16
Chill °C (?)	18	18	21	18	24	22	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	15	14	14	14	17	17	17	15
Sunrise	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 W	1.3 WNW	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.2 WSW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	12	12	8	8	8	8	15	9	8	8	8	8	9	10	11	9	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	-	-	0.9 NW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	-	15	15	15	6	10	10	9	9	-	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.3 N	0.4 NNW	0.8 N	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	-	-	1.7 WNW	-	-	-	1.8 WNW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	-	1.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	-
Period (s)	3	3	3	5	8	8	8	8	-	-	8	-	-	-	8	6	6	-	9	11	11	-

	Thursday 27
	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	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	0	0	2	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.5 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	12	7	7	7	8	8	8
Energy(?)	460	135	129	330	105	113	112	108	105	93	246	254	254	425	40	40	402	322	322	359	346	346
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		2:51AM 1.99													3:12PM 2.79
Low Tide / height (m)								8:53AM 0.64	9:40AM 1.12												9:43PM 1.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	18	18	18	18	20	21	21	22	22	19	19	22	19	20	19	19	19	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	17	17	18	17	18	18	20	21	21	22	22	18	19	22	18	20	19	19	19	19	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.5 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	12	12	7	7	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 N	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	16	16	12	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	0.4 NNW	0.3 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	0.8 N	0.8 N	1.2 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	3	3	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	-	5	5	8	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-