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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	Wed		Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wed
	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	Weld Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Mangahume Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	4	4	0	0	4	4	4	4	0	3	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	3.0 SW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.1 SW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.5 NNW	1.7 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	14	13	12	12	13	9	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	15	14	13	7	16	16	15
Energy(?)	1032	943	901	891	1349	2364	1954	1330	808	690	669	331	309	205	253	23	247	448	930	2027	2796	3356
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		3:16AM 2.08		3:37PM 2.77		4:10AM 2.51	4:35PM 2.63		5:06AM 2.72	5:39PM 1.94		6:08AM 2.68	6:29PM 2.46		7:13AM 2.45		7:30PM 2.49	8:10AM 2.66		8:20PM 2.54	8:52AM 2.65
Low Tide / height (m)		9:05PM 0.48	9:16AM 0.55		10:05PM 0.62	10:23AM 0.74		10:51PM 0.88	11:19AM 1.10		11:55PM 1.01	12:24PM 1.13		12:58AM 1.05		1:21PM 0.85	1:48AM 0.71		2:15PM 0.82	2:34AM 0.66		3:01PM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	3	24	1	-	-
High °C	21	17	20	22	15	19	20	14	20	21	17	19	19	17	19	22	19	19	18	16	17	17
Low °C	19	15	18	17	14	17	17	14	19	20	15	18	19	17	18	22	19	19	16	15	16	17
Chill °C (?)	21	16	20	22	13	19	20	12	20	21	17	19	19	17	19	22	19	18	17	14	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-
Sunset	8:42	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	3.0 SW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.2 W	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 W	2.0 WNW	2.3 WSW	3.0 W
Period (s)	14	13	12	12	13	9	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	7	14	13	10	8	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 NNW	1.8 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.7 SSE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.6 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.5 N	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	8	8	16	15	16	13	16	15	15	14	5	14	14	5	16	9	13	12	12	16	6	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SW	1.2 WSW	-	-	2.0 WSW	-	1.7 SSE	1.2 S	-	-	1.0 SSE	0.7 N	1.0 NNW	-	1.3 NNW	0.5 W	1.1 NNW	1.7 NNW	2.5 NNW	-	1.4 WNW	-
Period (s)	4	7	-	-	7	-	6	7	-	-	5	4	5	-	6	4	6	6	7	-	8	-

	Wednesday 10			Thursday 11								Friday 12								Saturday 13
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	0	1	3	4	4	4	4	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 W	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	14	14	13	14	9	9	13	14	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	656	137	868	1018	1083	1154	1005	1019	891	321	1083	1349	697	1908	1452	1717	1773	1017	1487	1330	1191	1132
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	2:46PM 3.23				3:10AM 2.64				3:40PM 3.05					4:10AM 2.87				4:31PM 2.73				5:13AM 2.43
Low Tide / height (m)			9:00PM 0.45				9:25AM 0.59					10:02PM 0.91				10:22AM 0.71				11:04PM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	19	16	16	15	15	19	17	22	16	15	14	13	12	17	20	20	15	14	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	21	19	16	16	15	15	19	16	22	15	13	12	12	11	17	20	20	13	12	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	8:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	6	14	13	8	13	9	13	14	8	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	1.1 W	0.2 NNW	1.3 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	1.3 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	1.1 S	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	15	15	14	16	16	14	16	13	16	16	13	15	15	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.9 W	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	-	-	0.7 S	1.4 SSE	-	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	2.0 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	-	-	2.5 SSW	1.3 SSE	1.1 S	1.2 S	-	-
Period (s)	4	6	5	6	-	-	5	6	-	5	5	7	-	9	-	-	8	7	7	7	-	-

	Wednesday 10										Thursday 11
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	0	1	3	4	4	4	4	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 W	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	525	139	764	1004	1064	1037	1035	992	689	217	791	843	373	830	871	818	1054	826	864	1037	1005	1005
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)															3:08AM 2.61
Low Tide / height (m)									9:09PM 0.80												9:25AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	22	23	21	20	19	18	17	17	15	16	16	15	14	15	15	15	15	17	18	19	19
Chill °C (?)	21	22	23	21	20	18	17	17	16	15	16	16	15	14	15	15	15	14	17	18	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	0.6 W	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 W	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 W	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	9	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	7	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.1 NW	0.3 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.7 WSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	9	14	8	8	8	8	8	13	8	13	8	8	5	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 W	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	-	1.1 WSW	0.9 SW	-	0.9 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	-	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	-	5	3	4	4	4	-	6	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	5	5	6