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 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			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	Back Beach Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki
Rating	0	3	3	0	4	4	0	4	1	0	1	0	2	3	3	3	2	0	0	3	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 W	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 W	1.9 SW	1.1 W	1.1 WSW	0.3 SW	1.8 WNW	1.9 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	20	11	18	12	11	14	13	13	6	13	13	6	7	12	11	9	13	13	8	12	12	12
Energy(?)	218	124	345	498	773	1302	361	1288	145	412	29	252	320	1249	979	624	467	359	455	2501	446	625
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)	11:36AM 3.71		11:56PM 3.56	12:16PM 3.34		12:32AM 3.04		1:08PM 3.32	1:33AM 2.93		1:54PM 2.95	2:28AM 2.69		3:01PM 2.81	3:37AM 2.53		4:12PM 2.66		4:43AM 2.35	5:24PM 1.95		5:58AM 2.35
Low Tide / height (m)		5:47PM -0.03		6:05AM -0.06	6:40PM 0.32		6:58AM 0.11		7:30PM 0.26	7:51AM 0.32		8:27PM 0.43	8:47AM 0.50		9:33PM 0.62	9:46AM 0.66		10:42PM 0.73	10:56AM 0.75		11:45PM 0.71	12:04PM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	15	-	-	-	1	12	9	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	16	15	17	20	13	18	18	14	17	21	18	17	16	13	16	14	14	15	15	14	17
Low °C	17	16	13	16	17	12	17	16	12	17	18	15	16	16	12	14	13	13	14	14	13	16
Chill °C (?)	18	15	15	16	20	13	18	18	13	16	21	17	16	15	13	16	13	12	13	13	14	16
Sunrise	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03
Sunset	-	8:07	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 W	1.9 SW	1.1 W	1.1 WSW	0.3 SW	-	0.1 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	9	11	12	12	11	14	13	13	6	13	13	-	15	12	11	9	13	13	8	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	1.0 W	0.6 W	0.1 W	-	-	0.4 SW	0.1 N	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	1.1 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 SW	0.8 W	0.4 WNW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	-	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	11	8	18	10	16	7	-	-	13	12	13	-	10	10	9	15	8	7	12	12	-	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 WSW	0.3 SW	-	0.6 SW	-	-	-	0.5 NNW	0.5 N	0.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 W	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	-	2.5 SW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	5	3	-	6	-	-	-	4	3	3	6	7	-	-	-	4	4	-	12	8	7

	Friday 07							Saturday 08								Sunday 09
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	1	2	2	0	0	1	2	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	1	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 W	0.8 WSW	1.1 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.2 W	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	20	20	20	11	10	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	14	14	13	13	13	6	13	13
Energy(?)	112	233	218	163	92	83	419	578	594	629	643	622	660	666	1288	1302	1187	1147	1151	163	290	1061
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				11:29AM 3.41				11:51PM 3.37				12:16PM 3.34				12:32AM 3.04					1:02PM 3.20
Low Tide / height (m)		5:20AM -0.14				5:39PM -0.04				6:09AM -0.05				6:35PM 0.06				6:57AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	17	18	18	19	14	14	14	14	20	17	18	16	14	12	13	13	19	19	18	18
Chill °C (?)	16	16	17	18	18	19	13	13	14	14	20	16	18	15	13	12	12	13	19	19	18	18
Sunrise	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.8 WSW	1.1 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	9	11	9	8	8	8	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.1 W	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	-	0.1 S	-	-
Period (s)	11	9	11	11	11	11	18	6	6	6	12	16	15	15	7	7	7	6	-	15	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 W	-	0.2 W	0.3 WSW	-	0.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	3	4	-	5	6	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-

	Friday 07
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	1	2	2	0	0	1	2	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	1	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.3 W	0.3 WSW	0.3 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 W	0.5 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	21	20	20	11	11	20	20	11	20	20	11	19	19	18	18	10	11	18	18
Energy(?)	115	152	112	157	158	156	129	132	224	222	107	163	150	93	179	118	236	242	83	60	192	324
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											11:23AM 3.34
Low Tide / height (m)					5:25AM 0.06												5:47PM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	15	15	13	16	16	17	16	21	18	18	18	18	20	17	17	16	14	15	14
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	15	15	13	16	16	17	16	21	18	18	18	18	20	17	16	16	13	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:01	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.5 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	10	11	9	9	9	11	9	9	9	8	11	8	8	8	11	8	11	11	8	11	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 W	0.4 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	11	9	11	11	11	9	11	11	11	11	9	11	11	11	8	11	8	8	11	9	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	-	1.1 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	-	3	3	4	5	-	5	5	-	5	-	-