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 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			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	Weld Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	0	3	0	0	4	4	0	0	4	4	4	3	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 W	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	0.5 W	3.5 NW	3.5 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	9	11	11	11	14	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	7	8	9	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	664	522	463	589	829	1078	1362	1391	943	1527	2177	952	529	442	102	488	450	52	3562	3930	2546	2100
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	cross	off	off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:18PM 2.04		4:51AM 2.76	5:13PM 2.94		5:44AM 2.65	6:18PM 2.71		6:57AM 2.65		7:08PM 3.11	7:54AM 3.09		8:03PM 3.06	8:48AM 3.12		9:21PM 3.08	9:52AM 3.15		9:59PM 3.17	10:46AM 2.64
Low Tide / height (m)			10:39PM 0.71	11:01AM 1.01		11:43PM 0.64	11:56AM 0.83		12:44AM 0.50		1:04PM 0.80	1:36AM 0.59		2:06PM 0.64	2:30AM 0.35		3:01PM 0.27	3:40AM 0.07		4:17PM 0.14		4:39AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	mod. rain	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	1	6	-	7	3	2	3	2	3	2
High °C	19	19	16	18	17	15	17	18	17	18	19	17	19	19	18	19	18	17	15	15	14	14
Low °C	17	18	15	17	16	14	17	18	15	17	19	16	19	18	17	19	17	15	15	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	19	19	15	17	16	14	16	17	16	18	19	17	19	18	18	18	17	16	13	12	12	13
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	8:30	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:36	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	1.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 W	0.8 WSW	1.7 NW	0.5 W	3.5 NW	3.5 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	15	8	9	11	11	11	14	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	8	9	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.3 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.8 NW	1.1 WSW	0.7 NW	0.1 N	1.3 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	0.8 NW	0.1 S	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 W	0.8 NW	0.3 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	16	11	10	9	9	6	9	11	6	7	8	8	7	8	7	13	10	5	15	6	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 WNW	-	-	0.7 SW	1.0 WSW	1.6 W	-	1.1 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	1.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	6	6	7	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	7	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	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	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	2	1	0	0	0	2	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	2	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WNW	1.1 W	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	519	163	672	588	502	464	561	510	547	600	589	758	770	804	1346	1078	1356	1124	1707	447	1391	332
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	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)	3:50AM 1.92					4:11PM 2.59				4:46AM 2.40				5:13PM 2.94				6:05AM 2.46				6:32PM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)			9:56AM 0.78	10:02AM 1.04				10:41PM 0.73				11:01AM 1.01				11:30PM 0.78				12:29PM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	19	19	17	19	19	18	16	15	15	14	17	18	18	17	15	15	15	15	19	21	18	18
Chill °C (?)	19	19	16	19	19	18	15	14	14	13	16	17	17	16	14	14	15	14	19	21	17	17
Sunrise	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.2 WSW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 WNW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	8	8	15	8	8	8	10	9	9	10	11	11	9	11	11	11	12	12	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 N	0.2 WSW	0.1 W	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.1 N	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.1 S	0.1 N	0.1 S
Period (s)	11	10	16	15	15	11	13	10	10	9	9	9	13	9	9	6	14	9	9	6	11	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	0.3 NNW	2.2 WNW	-	-	-	1.6 WNW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	-	0.7 SW	-	1.7 WSW	-	1.7 W	1.6 W	-	-	0.6 NNW	0.6 W	1.1 NNW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	8	3	8	-	-	-	9	5	6	-	6	-	11	-	7	7	-	-	3	6	5	7

	Friday 28
	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	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	2	1	0	0	0	2	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	2	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 W	1.6 WNW	1.5 W
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9
Energy(?)	525	519	420	417	492	571	632	726	726	664	1231	588	575	502	518	518	530	516	491	328	435	548
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			3:40AM 2.39													4:10PM 2.75
Low Tide / height (m)									9:58AM 0.80													10:47PM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	1	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	18	18	19	19	19	18	18	19	17	17	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	20	20	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	18	18	19	19	19	18	18	19	16	16	15	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.1 W	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.1 W	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.2 WSW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	1.6 WNW	1.2 W
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	15	11	15	8	8	15	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	-	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 N	0.1 SW	0.1 N	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 N	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.6 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	0.6 WSW	-
Period (s)	11	11	16	16	12	15	16	11	11	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	11	15	14	-	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	-	-	2.0 WNW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	-	-	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 W	-	1.5 W
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	8	8	8	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	9	-	9