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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	Sun		Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sun
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	4	0	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	3	4	4	5	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	4.0 SSW	2.2 S	0.9 S	0.6 S	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.9 W	1.6 W	2.0 WSW	2.1 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	1.4 WSW	0.4 SW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	10	10	9	9	11	11	11	11	18	16	7	7	7	8	8	8	13	16	14	15
Energy(?)	2461	1317	2824	1120	265	99	717	493	451	442	421	421	358	263	360	609	1252	1477	1156	148	1900	2206
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	off	on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		9:54PM 2.71	10:08AM 3.27		10:28PM 2.84	10:41AM 3.01		11:06PM 3.33	11:42AM 2.62		12:16AM 2.76	12:30PM 2.89		12:06AM 2.45			1:10AM 2.60		1:03PM 3.16	1:34AM 3.10		1:43PM 3.04
Low Tide / height (m)		4:00AM 0.47	4:01AM 0.67	4:24PM 0.43		4:27AM 0.29	4:57PM 0.47		5:36AM 0.11	5:36PM 0.11		6:23AM 0.63	6:00PM 0.08		7:00AM 0.63		7:03PM -0.04	7:04AM 0.10		7:29PM 0.08	7:46AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	6	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	15	14	17	15	20	19	16	19	19	17	19	20	18	20	20	17	20	21	13	17	20
Low °C	16	14	14	15	14	18	19	14	18	19	15	18	19	17	18	18	15	17	20	12	16	18
Chill °C (?)	17	15	12	16	14	20	19	16	19	19	17	18	20	17	19	20	16	20	21	12	16	20
Sunrise	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-
Sunset	8:24	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:16	-	-	8:12
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	-	2.2 S	0.9 S	0.6 S	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	14	13	-	10	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	16	16	15	10	16	15	13	8	8	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 S	-	0.4 SW	0.9 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 N	0.1 S	0.2 NNW	0.1 N	1.4 WSW	0.4 SW	-	-
Period (s)	12	10	-	12	5	11	17	16	22	20	18	11	8	7	14	6	9	8	13	16	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 SSE	-	4.0 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WNW	1.0 W	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	0.8 W	1.9 W	1.6 W	2.0 WSW	2.1 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	1.0 S	0.2 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	10	8	5	5	-	4	-	-	-	5	7	7	7	8	8	8	5	3	-	-

	Sunday 15			Monday 16								Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	3	4	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 S	2.3 WSW	1.2 S	0.9 S	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 W	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	10	12	9	9	11	11	5	9	9	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	2205	2238	1334	1857	1332	2041	1370	1216	1120	1685	413	265	346	411	158	92	73	556	534	562	560	529
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			9:52PM 3.03					10:08AM 3.27				11:05PM 2.60				11:09AM 2.48				11:06PM 3.01
Low Tide / height (m)	3:39PM 0.73				3:56AM 0.46					4:24PM 0.43				4:28AM 0.24				5:01PM 0.25				5:04AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	15	15	14	14	15	17	15	16	15	14	14	13	18	20	19	19	16	17	17	14
Chill °C (?)	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	16	14	16	14	13	14	12	18	20	19	19	16	17	17	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52
Sunset	-	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	2.2 S	2.3 WSW	1.2 S	0.9 S	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	21	21	21	10	12	9	9	11	11	9	9	9	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 S	1.2 SSE	0.1 W	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.7 S	0.4 SW	0.9 W	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	12	12	10	9	22	-	11	11	12	10	12	5	9	9	11	11	11	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 SSE	1.7 SSE	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	1.0 W	1.2 WNW	0.7 NW	1.1 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	-	0.6 NW	-	0.3 NNW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	8	9	-	-	-	13	12	12	8	-	8	5	4	5	5	5	5	-	4	-	4	4

	Sunday 15										Monday 16
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	3	4	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	4.0 SSW	2.4 WSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 S	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	10	13	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	12	13	12	12	13
Energy(?)	2568	2509	1350	2415	1430	3300	1407	1348	3136	2224	2409	2159	1146	2838	3986	3650	3176	1456	2232	2299	2232	2313
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)																						10:06AM 2.84
Low Tide / height (m)			3:44PM 0.83													4:28AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	5	3	2	1	1	1	1	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	17	17	18	17	17	17	16	15	12	15	12	13	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	16
Chill °C (?)	15	15	17	16	16	16	16	15	9	15	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	13	14	14	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.1 W	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	-	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	2.5 S	-	-	-	1.7 WSW	0.2 W	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.2 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	24	13	13	-	13	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	12	21	11	11	21
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 S	0.1 W	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	1.2 S	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	1.0 S	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	-
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	9	24	9	10	-	9	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	11	-	21	21	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SSE	2.2 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.9 SSE	0.9 SSW	3.0 SW	-	-	4.0 SSW	-	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	4	8	4	14	-	-	10	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	13	12	12	13