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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	Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sun
	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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Punihos Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	4	3	0	3	2	0	2	2	0	2	2	0	2	2	2	1	1	0	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	3.0 SSE	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	12	12	12	8	15	14
Energy(?)	655	1511	761	628	746	429	332	359	293	166	209	181	161	223	248	196	106	64	103	1825	4631	3013
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	cross	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:52PM 2.97	3:18AM 2.85		3:36PM 2.49		4:01AM 2.34	4:22PM 2.25		5:16AM 2.27	5:57PM 2.54		6:38AM 2.25		7:08PM 2.22	7:54AM 2.35		8:19PM 2.70	8:49AM 2.51		9:12PM 2.52	9:36AM 2.73
Low Tide / height (m)			9:14PM 0.87	9:37AM 1.15		10:00PM 0.84	10:21AM 0.98		10:55PM 1.19	11:38AM 1.14		12:02AM 1.01	12:57PM 1.14		1:27AM 1.01		2:16PM 1.21	2:37AM 1.06		2:52PM 0.82	3:19AM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	18	20	20	17	19	20	17	20	20	18	22	22	21	25	22	20	19	17	15	18
Low °C	18	19	15	18	19	15	17	19	15	19	20	17	20	22	18	22	21	18	18	16	15	17
Chill °C (?)	20	20	18	20	20	17	19	20	17	20	20	18	22	22	21	25	22	20	19	16	13	18
Sunrise	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:50
Sunset	-	8:32	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	8	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 S	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	0.4 SW	0.1 N	0.4 WSW	0.1 N	0.3 S	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 NNE	0.1 NW	0.2 W	0.8 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N
Period (s)	13	13	7	12	12	12	11	11	-	6	13	5	16	5	14	13	5	13	19	12	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SW	0.4 SSE	0.1 SE	0.3 N	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	0.6 SW	3.0 SSE	3.5 S	2.4 SW
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	5	3	-	3	-	-	4	8	10	10

	Sunday 08					Monday 09								Tuesday 10								Wed
	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	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	0	0	0	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	0	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	0	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	658	1012	1190	1042	1266	1139	1060	1044	628	923	459	658	605	605	527	518	330	280	237	365	265	232
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			2:52PM 2.97				3:11AM 2.50				3:38PM 2.78					4:10AM 2.39				4:22PM 2.25
Low Tide / height (m)	8:48AM 0.61				9:13PM 0.65				9:37AM 1.09				10:00PM 0.84					10:31AM 1.26				10:58PM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	20	20	21	17	16	13	14	18	20	20	19	16	16	16	16	17	19	20	21	17	17
Chill °C (?)	19	20	20	21	17	16	13	14	18	20	20	19	15	16	16	16	17	19	20	21	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 W	-	0.2 W	0.5 SW
Period (s)	13	-	-	13	13	12	-	-	12	12	12	-	12	12	11	11	11	11	7	-	7	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	-	1.0 S	1.0 S	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	13	13	-	7	7	-	-	-	4	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 08																Monday 09
	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	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	0	0	0	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	0	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	0	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	654	651	655	655	1517	1432	1240	1016	1190	1725	1042	2172	1166	1163	1266	1139	773	761	764	1060	988	928
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)								2:44PM 2.63													3:21AM 2.56
Low Tide / height (m)		8:51AM 0.91													9:13PM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	18	20	19	19	21	21	20	20	20	18	19	17	17	17	17	16	16	13	15	15
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	20	19	18	21	21	20	20	20	18	19	16	17	17	17	16	16	13	14	15
Sunrise	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.1 N	0.2 N	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.8 WSW	0.1 N	-	0.2 NNW	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.2 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	0.1 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	13	-	13	13	13	6	13	13	13	7	7	7	-	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.4 WSW	-	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	-	2.0 WSW	1.1 SSE	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	0.9 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	-	6	6	13	13	-	13	6	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	6	6