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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	Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Fri
	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	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kina Road Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	3	4	0	0	4	4	4	3	2	0	0	3	3	4	4	2	4	2	0	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 W	1.7 W	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	2.4 W	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.5 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.3 S	0.5 SW	2.4 SSE	1.3 S	2.3 NW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	8	15	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	9	9	8	12	8	8	7	7	13	6	6
Energy(?)	499	781	2129	2887	2024	1626	1141	721	573	336	196	1188	780	832	151	1084	349	572	351	370	237	183
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:54PM 2.30	3:22AM 2.12		4:11PM 2.55		4:10AM 2.93	4:40PM 2.16		5:01AM 2.74	5:23PM 2.87		6:07AM 2.77	6:34PM 3.05		7:27AM 2.75		7:52PM 2.80	8:31AM 2.91		8:54PM 2.91	9:34AM 3.42
Low Tide / height (m)			9:09PM 0.43	9:19AM 0.59		10:02PM 0.49	10:23AM 0.92		10:55PM 0.53	11:16AM 0.84		12:19AM 0.56	12:23PM 0.83		1:02AM 0.78		1:32PM 0.55	2:12AM 0.37		2:51PM 0.72	3:10AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	13	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	4	-	14	1	1	4	9	4	1	-	-	-
High °C	21	18	17	17	17	14	18	20	17	18	15	17	15	17	17	19	17	18	20	19	17	19
Low °C	20	16	15	17	17	12	17	19	15	18	15	15	15	16	16	18	17	17	19	19	16	19
Chill °C (?)	21	17	17	16	17	14	18	20	16	17	12	16	14	16	17	19	17	17	20	19	16	19
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	8:50	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 W	0.7 SW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	2.4 W	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 NW	1.8 SSE	1.3 S	0.7 S	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	10	14	15	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	13	12	6	8	8	7	7	13	12	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.4 WSW	-	-	0.5 NNW	0.5 NW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NW	0.3 N	0.2 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 N	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.5 SW	1.6 NNW	0.6 NW	0.3 SW	1.0 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	14	18	-	-	6	7	6	6	6	7	16	12	7	6	12	10	11	15	6	16	15	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 N	1.7 W	1.3 NW	0.5 N	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	0.9 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.3 S	0.7 NE	2.4 SSE	-	2.3 NW	-	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	-
Period (s)	4	8	7	6	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	9	9	8	4	8	-	7	-	6	6	-

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	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	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	South Beach (Wanganui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	2	3	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WSW	1.4 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.6 WNW	1.8 W	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	8	8	17	8	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	2063	519	781	1973	771	2708	2788	1523	1585	2623	2208	861	1567	1248	1022	1103	1046	1031	1133	721	767	573
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	off	on	cross- on	off	on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	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)			2:54PM 2.30				3:19AM 2.97				3:31PM 2.95					4:07AM 2.58				4:30PM 3.07
Low Tide / height (m)	8:32AM 0.52				9:47PM 0.99				9:19AM 0.59				9:55PM 0.72					10:21AM 0.68				10:53PM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	3	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	20	18	17	16	14	15	14	17	17	17	17	15	15	14	14	18	18	19	20	16	17
Chill °C (?)	17	20	17	16	15	12	14	13	16	16	16	16	14	15	14	14	18	18	19	20	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	1.4 W	0.7 SW	2.0 WNW	1.1 W	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.9 W	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.1 S	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	14	8	14	8	9	14	14	6	14	13	13	8	12	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.6 W	0.8 SW	0.8 W	0.9 NNW	0.8 SW	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.3 WSW	0.3 NNW	0.1 SW	0.3 N
Period (s)	13	14	18	17	15	5	7	14	-	22	22	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	18	6	18	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NNW	0.8 NNW	1.7 W	-	1.6 WNW	1.8 W	-	1.8 W	0.7 NW	0.6 N	0.5 N	1.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	-
Period (s)	5	4	8	-	8	14	-	14	7	6	6	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-

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	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	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	South Beach (Wanganui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	2	3	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 W	3.0 W	1.7 W	2.3 WNW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	-
Period(s) (?)	15	10	10	15	8	8	14	8	15	14	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	-
Energy(?)	1764	518	499	1759	553	519	3187	735	2694	3475	3688	1915	3476	3141	3145	3826	3863	4473	4414	2825	3719	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross	off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)								2:54PM 2.30													3:11AM 2.62
Low Tide / height (m)		8:35AM 0.44													9:12PM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	21	20	23	20	18	17	18	16	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	17	18	21	20	23	20	17	16	17	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	16	14	14	14	14	14
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.9 WNW	1.1 W	1.4 W	3.0 W	0.7 SW	0.7 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.1 S	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	-
Period (s)	11	10	10	15	8	8	14	14	18	14	15	9	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 WNW	0.5 SW	0.8 WSW	-	0.4 WSW	-	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	-	-	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.0 NNW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	0.9 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	15	14	14	8	14	14	-	18	-	7	7	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 N	0.6 N	-	1.5 WNW	0.8 NNW	0.1 NW	1.7 W	2.3 WNW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	2.0 W	1.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	-
Period (s)	-	3	4	-	8	4	13	8	15	8	8	16	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-