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 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Fri
	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	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	4	4	0	4	3	0	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	0	1	2	1	1	2	2	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 W	0.7 W	1.1 W	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	14	15	15	14	14	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	13	9	9	9	8	9	9	9
Energy(?)	1478	1476	850	1503	1283	665	780	657	631	525	322	244	330	128	27	32	87	194	256	390	971	1130
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	glass	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		11:22PM 2.99	11:33AM 2.88		11:48PM 2.72	12:18PM 2.91		12:27AM 2.71	12:54PM 2.81		1:12AM 2.64		1:37PM 2.75	1:47AM 2.47		2:24PM 3.04	2:56AM 2.81		3:04PM 2.54	3:34AM 2.34		4:11PM 2.59
Low Tide / height (m)	5:16PM 0.44		5:22AM 0.37	5:47PM 0.47		6:06AM 0.44	6:31PM 0.56		6:42AM 0.50		7:11PM 0.63	7:24AM 0.60		7:48PM 0.67	8:01AM 0.65		8:49PM 1.03	9:05AM 1.01		9:32PM 0.73	9:58AM 0.80
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	7	-	1	2	-	-	4	5	1
High °C	18	14	18	18	13	17	19	14	15	17	15	19	21	18	22	20	18	21	22	19	19	17
Low °C	17	14	16	17	13	17	17	10	15	17	14	18	20	17	21	19	17	21	20	19	19	17
Chill °C (?)	18	13	18	18	13	17	19	12	14	17	15	19	21	18	22	20	18	21	22	19	18	16
Sunrise	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:52	-
Sunset	8:16	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 W	0.7 W	1.1 W	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	14	13	14	15	15	14	14	13	7	12	12	12	12	11	13	9	9	9	12	11	-	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 SW	0.1 N	0.5 SW	0.2 WNW	-	0.1 W	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.2 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 N	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 SW
Period (s)	7	7	5	13	4	8	-	7	12	7	6	6	-	15	10	10	13	12	11	-	-	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.5 N	1.3 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.9 WNW	0.4 NNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.4 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	11	-	-	-	4	3	5	3	4	6	3	8	9	9	-

	Friday 21			Saturday 22								Sunday 23								Monday 24
	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	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	3	0	0	0	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.2 W	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	14	13	13	13	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	957	966	1261	1129	1129	1227	1701	662	1141	1193	1301	1107	1087	1099	969	604	560	531	728	730	955	1001
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	high-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	low
High Tide / height (m)				11:12PM 2.77				11:36AM 2.94				11:56PM 2.81				12:18PM 3.29				12:25AM 2.65
Low Tide / height (m)		5:17PM 0.60				5:30AM 0.39				5:57PM 0.74				5:58AM 0.42				6:33PM 0.82				6:44AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	13	12	12	14	17	18	18	17	14	14	14	13	19	17	18	16	13	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	16	15	13	12	12	14	17	18	18	16	13	14	14	13	19	16	17	15	13	13	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54
Sunset	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.2 W	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	14	13	14	13	13	13	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NW	0.1 N	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	-	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.4 S	0.3 S	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 W	-	0.1 W	0.1 N	1.5 SW
Period (s)	7	15	-	7	7	12	13	-	6	13	13	5	5	-	-	12	12	8	-	8	11	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.5 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.7 SW	-
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	7	3	3	4	8	-

	Friday 21	Saturday 22
	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	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	3	0	0	0	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.1 W	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14
Energy(?)	944	1204	1478	1456	1325	1259	1500	462	813	811	1259	1272	1276	1129	1129	807	807	807	1129	1146	1304	1725
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)											11:20PM 2.86
Low Tide / height (m)																	5:38AM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	18	18	18	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	14	14	14	14	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	16	16	18	18	18	16	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	12	12	14	14	14	14	17	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.1 W	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	14	13	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.1 N	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.6 SW	0.2 N
Period (s)	7	12	7	7	7	12	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 NW	-	-	-	0.6 W	-	-	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	-	5	-	-	5	5	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-