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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	Mon	Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	1	0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 S	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	11	11	11	11	20	18	16	16	8	9	9	9	8	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	14
Energy(?)	273	502	685	628	423	85	461	443	542	1302	1626	1170	802	785	826	1636	1981	1604	941	844	1033	1207
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- on	glass	glass	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)	10:22PM 2.78	11:19AM 2.76		11:41PM 2.69	11:55AM 2.84		11:40PM 3.09	12:30PM 2.89		12:09AM 3.07	12:34PM 3.31		12:54AM 3.16		1:08PM 3.57	1:47AM 2.54		2:04PM 2.57	2:15AM 3.33		2:34PM 3.24	3:05AM 3.10
Low Tide / height (m)		5:13AM 0.77	4:47PM 0.22		5:48AM 0.68	6:08PM 0.67		6:23AM 0.63	6:05PM 0.02		6:25AM 0.06	6:50PM 0.01		6:59AM 0.09		7:37PM 0.03	7:41AM 0.41		8:11PM 0.57	8:33AM 0.75		8:57PM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	20	20	18	19	19	17	19	18	17	19	19	16	18	18	15	18	19	18	21	22	18
Low °C	13	18	19	16	18	19	16	18	18	17	18	18	12	16	16	14	17	19	18	19	20	15
Chill °C (?)	13	20	20	18	19	19	17	18	17	16	18	18	14	17	17	14	17	18	18	21	22	18
Sunrise	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:16	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:09	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 S	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 S	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 N	0.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.1 NW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	9	11	11	11	11	8	11	16	7	13	18	16	14	13	13	13	14	9	14	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.1 N	0.8 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 NNW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.7 WSW	0.1 NW	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	11	18	18	16	22	11	18	12	16	11	10	9	9	8	8	16	10	-	8	8	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 W	-	0.7 NW	-	-	0.4 W	-	1.4 W	1.2 WNW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	-	-	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	4	-	-	7	-	6	7	8	9	9	9	8	8	-	-	14	6	-	-	-

	Mon	Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18								Thursday 19
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	4	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	1	2	1	2	2	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WSW	0.9 S	0.7 SW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.5 S	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.4 W	0.9 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	9	11	9	9	11	11	8	11	11	11	11	11	21	11	20	11	18	18	17	16	16
Energy(?)	1274	273	287	174	153	158	469	88	556	566	576	608	639	253	363	84	499	99	567	520	443	553
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		11:05PM 2.60				11:19AM 2.76				10:58PM 2.92				11:19AM 3.21				12:00AM 2.54				11:55AM 3.63
Low Tide / height (m)				5:13AM 0.77				5:32PM 0.76				5:12AM 0.16				5:58PM 0.02				5:48AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	13	14	14	16	18	20	18	16	15	17	16	18	20	19	19	17	14	15	15	18	19
Chill °C (?)	15	12	13	13	16	18	20	18	16	15	17	16	18	20	19	19	17	13	14	14	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	0.9 S	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	1.4 WSW	0.7 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 W	0.9 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 S	1.0 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	12	9	6	6	6	5	11	5	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	11	8	11	17	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 W	0.4 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.2 WSW	0.5 S	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 W	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 SW	0.1 N	0.5 SW
Period (s)	20	11	11	9	9	9	17	8	16	16	16	15	21	21	20	20	18	18	18	11	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.8 W	0.5 WNW	-	1.1 W	1.4 W	1.6 W
Period (s)	-	6	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	11	4	-	6	6	6

	Monday 16				Tuesday 17
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	4	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	1	2	1	2	2	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WSW	1.5 S	1.3 WSW	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	1.7 WSW	0.8 S	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.0 W	1.4 WSW	0.6 S	1.5 WSW	0.6 S	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	10	12	10	9	9	11	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	9	11	9	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1355	558	684	392	335	273	690	223	995	978	1113	1026	1009	287	500	142	568	140	466	465	465	407
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	glass	on	on	on	on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					11:05PM 2.60
Low Tide / height (m)										4:27AM 0.29												4:57PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	13	14	13	13	17	14	16	15	17	17	17	17	18	17	19	19	20	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	16	14	12	13	12	12	17	13	16	15	17	17	17	17	18	17	19	19	20	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	1.5 S	1.3 WSW	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	1.7 WSW	0.8 S	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.0 W	1.4 WSW	0.8 W	1.5 WSW	0.6 S	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	12	10	12	10	9	9	11	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	6	11	9	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 S	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 W	0.2 WSW	0.6 S	0.2 SSE	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	20	8	10	8	11	11	19	11	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	9	9	11	18	17	17	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 WNW	1.3 W	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	1.1 W	-	1.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WNW	0.6 NNW	0.8 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	5	5	5	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	5	-	-	-	-