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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	Thu		Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thu
	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	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	3	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 W	0.5 W	1.3 SW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.4 W	1.8 WSW	1.0 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	6	16	6	15	15	11	13	11	11	11	11	12	12	8	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	288	301	359	219	262	362	56	352	365	332	251	243	280	982	3322	3124	2350	523	774	265	496	419
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	on	on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	on	glass	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		7:43PM 2.96	8:29AM 3.16		8:49PM 2.75	9:23AM 2.98		9:49PM 2.93	10:14AM 3.17		10:38PM 3.41	11:01AM 3.67		11:21PM 3.14	11:34AM 3.27		12:04AM 3.48	12:23PM 3.64		12:58AM 2.54	12:51PM 3.17	1:36PM 2.82
Low Tide / height (m)		2:07AM 0.90		3:19PM 1.01	3:02AM 0.40		3:39PM 0.63	3:59AM 0.23		4:29PM 0.20		4:49AM 0.37	5:16PM 0.08		5:22AM 0.01	5:57PM 0.01		6:14AM 0.31	6:39PM 0.35		6:44AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	16	20	21	16	18	20	15	18	19	17	20	21	17	18	18	14	18	18	15	18	18
Low °C	18	14	18	21	16	17	18	13	17	18	15	18	19	15	16	17	12	17	18	13	17	17
Chill °C (?)	20	15	20	21	16	18	20	14	18	19	16	20	21	15	17	17	13	18	18	15	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:37	-
Sunset	8:40	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:36
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.5 W	1.3 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 NW	3.0 WSW	1.4 W	1.8 WSW	1.0 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	18	16	6	6	11	11	13	11	11	11	11	12	12	15	10	10	12	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.3 S	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.5 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.1 N	-	0.1 NW	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	8	12	16	15	6	13	10	12	12	12	6	11	16	-	11	-	10	9	9	17	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 W	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	1.7 W	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	0.5 NNE	1.3 N	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	-	-	-	-	6	7	8	7	-	3	5	8	11	12	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 29			Friday 30								Saturday 31								Sunday 01
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Weld Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	0	0	0	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.9 W	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.0 W	1.4 SW	2.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	17	7	16	16	7	15	15	15	11	11	13	13	13	11	12	12	11	7	11	7
Energy(?)	259	231	236	420	654	531	217	262	292	304	207	243	638	686	465	372	452	498	336	438	521	775
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	off	glass	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	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:43PM 2.96				8:29AM 3.16				8:52PM 3.11				9:14AM 2.90				9:49PM 3.28	10:08PM 2.28
Low Tide / height (m)	1:34PM 1.03				1:59AM 0.56				2:38PM 0.57				3:02AM 0.40				3:39PM 0.63				3:47AM 0.22	4:37AM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	18	16	15	16	15	18	19	21	20	18	17	17	17	19	18	18	17	15	12	13	11
Chill °C (?)	19	17	15	14	15	15	18	19	21	20	18	17	17	17	19	18	18	16	14	10	13	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28
Sunset	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.5 SW	1.0 WSW	0.8 S	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.2 S	1.4 SW	1.8 W
Period (s)	10	10	13	16	16	7	7	6	15	11	11	11	13	13	13	11	12	12	11	9	11	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 S	0.6 SW	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 WSW	0.1 N	0.2 S	0.1 NW	0.7 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 N	-	0.1 N	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	18	18	17	8	12	16	16	6	11	15	5	14	13	5	13	13	13	12	12	-	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.9 W	1.6 SW	-	-	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	-	-	0.4 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SW	2.0 W	-	2.0 WNW
Period (s)	4	4	5	7	7	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	7

	Thursday 29	Friday 30
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Weld Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	0	0	0	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	1.8 W	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.9 W	0.5 W	0.7 W
Period(s) (?)	18	18	18	6	13	13	18	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	6	16	6
Energy(?)	283	269	259	295	378	437	235	383	412	426	293	301	609	642	465	298	297	296	278	106	299	77
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- on	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)							7:43PM 2.96													8:34AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)	1:34PM 1.03												1:59AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	19	20	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	15	15	14	15	17	20	20
Chill °C (?)	19	19	19	20	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	17	15	15	13	14	16	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 W	1.0 SW	0.7 W
Period (s)	10	10	10	18	13	13	10	12	12	12	16	16	16	16	16	7	7	7	7	6	7	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.2 S	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	18	18	18	8	18	18	18	16	16	16	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	16	16	6	16	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.8 W	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	4	4	6	6	6	4	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-