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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	Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wed
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	2	1	1	1	2	2	3	0	0	4	4	2	0	0	0	4	4	3	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 W	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WSW	2.0 W	1.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 W	0.7 SW	3.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	13	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	8	11	12	14	14	10	12	12	10	9	11	9
Energy(?)	82	80	138	107	167	171	550	437	458	650	960	858	323	1450	1463	1690	2542	2555	925	210	232	2293
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		2:24PM 3.04	2:56AM 2.81		3:17PM 2.08	3:48AM 2.60		4:02PM 2.52		4:57AM 1.90	5:24PM 2.05		6:24AM 2.34	6:32PM 2.11		7:26AM 2.41		7:16PM 2.82	7:59AM 2.87		8:43PM 2.63	8:50AM 3.06
Low Tide / height (m)			8:49PM 1.03	8:58AM 0.74		9:38PM 0.93	9:54AM 0.71		10:47PM 0.67	11:10AM 0.74		12:03AM 0.61	12:36PM 1.06		1:12AM 0.50		1:37PM 0.56	1:38AM 0.32		2:01PM 0.55	3:10AM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	16	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	21	40
High °C	18	21	19	24	24	20	18	18	18	18	16	14	22	18	18	16	17	12	17	20	19	19
Low °C	18	20	18	22	21	18	18	18	15	17	16	14	19	17	15	16	16	10	16	18	18	19
Chill °C (?)	17	21	19	24	24	20	18	18	18	17	15	12	22	17	17	15	16	11	17	20	18	18
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	8:29	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.1 S	1.1 W	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 W	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 W	-	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 W	0.7 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	11	13	9	8	12	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	7	14	14	10	-	12	10	9	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 NW	-	0.9 NW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.2 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	12	11	11	15	10	9	-	9	12	9	-	-	-	-	10	12	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 N	1.9 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	1.1 WNW	0.3 N	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	2.0 W	-	-	1.0 N	2.2 WNW	-	3.0 W	-	-	-	1.0 N	3.5 NW
Period (s)	6	7	3	3	8	3	-	-	-	6	8	-	-	5	8	-	12	-	-	-	4	9

	Wednesday 26					Thursday 27								Friday 28								Sat
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa 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	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kumera Patch Taranaki
Rating	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	0	2	2	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	1.4 NNW	1.4 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 W	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.4 WNW	1.4 W	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.0 W	1.4 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	6	7	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8
Energy(?)	82	60	220	253	686	414	129	228	107	89	167	155	552	171	171	375	283	471	437	387	157	537
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			2:24PM 3.04				2:51AM 1.99				3:17PM 2.08				3:50AM 1.92	4:28AM 2.30				4:10PM 2.75
Low Tide / height (m)	8:14AM 0.95				8:38PM 0.60				8:53AM 0.64								9:54AM 0.71					10:41PM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	15	1	-	1	1	1	-
Temp. °C	18	18	19	19	19	18	18	16	22	24	24	21	20	20	19	18	19	18	18	18	17	17
Chill °C (?)	17	17	19	19	19	17	18	16	22	24	24	21	20	20	19	18	19	18	18	18	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.4 NW	1.2 WNW	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 W	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.1 WNW	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.9 W	-	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.0 W	1.4 NW
Period (s)	11	11	11	7	9	12	9	8	8	8	12	12	8	8	8	9	-	8	8	8	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.4 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 N	0.1 S	0.5 SW	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	11	14	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	-	-	15	15	10	5	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 N	1.4 NNW	1.4 NNW	-	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNW	0.7 NW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.3 N	-	1.4 WNW	1.4 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	-	8	8	3	3	3	4	8	8	8	3	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 26																Thursday 27
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa 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	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kumera Patch Taranaki
Rating	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	0	2	2	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.5 N	0.8 NW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.6 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.5 W	0.9 WNW	1.5 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	0.9 WNW	1.6 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	6	8	11	13	11	13	13	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	8
Energy(?)	101	84	82	259	101	69	20	140	9	9	60	60	85	113	474	55	138	334	449	414	129	413
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								2:13PM 2.60												2:51AM 2.65	3:31AM 2.34
Low Tide / height (m)		8:14AM 0.95												8:38PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	18	18	24	20	25	23	25	25	24	23	22	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	16	16	17	17	24	20	25	23	25	25	24	23	22	20	19	19	19	18	17	17	18	17
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.6 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 W	0.9 WNW	1.5 NW	1.7 NW	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	13	11	13	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	12	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 S	0.3 SW	0.1 S	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 W	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 N	0.1 S	0.1 N
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	10	13	10	9	13	13	9	9	9	14	14	4	14	11	12	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 N	1.5 N	1.5 N	1.5 N	0.8 NW	1.9 NNW	0.7 NW	0.8 NNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	1.7 NW	0.4 NNW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	8	7	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	-	3	-	-	8	3	8