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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	Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Mon
	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	Paritutu and Ngamotu Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	The Point (nr Wainui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	2	4	3	3	1	2	0	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 NW	0.6 W	1.5 WNW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	7	12	11	11	10	9	8	13	14	13	13	14	13	13	15	14	14	13	13	12
Energy(?)	379	316	111	133	582	1066	635	156	339	837	1423	1490	1087	1459	1228	882	1477	1227	1249	905	1025	683
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)			8:57PM 2.83	9:29AM 3.07		9:35PM 2.82	10:04AM 3.18		10:13PM 2.95	10:33AM 3.08		11:28PM 2.57	11:21AM 2.40		11:20PM 2.86	11:42AM 2.96		11:54PM 2.78	12:18PM 2.91		12:33AM 2.92	12:50PM 3.05
Low Tide / height (m)		2:53PM 0.70	3:11AM 0.55		3:38PM 0.71	3:47AM 0.39		3:58PM 0.47		4:24AM 0.46	4:51PM 0.43		5:08AM 0.27	5:17PM 0.60		5:30AM 0.39	5:52PM 0.48		6:06AM 0.44	6:33PM 0.82		6:45AM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	4	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	7	1	-	4	16	-
High °C	18	23	16	24	20	18	16	17	16	18	19	16	19	19	17	18	18	17	19	17	17	18
Low °C	15	20	15	21	19	17	16	17	16	17	18	16	18	18	16	17	17	16	17	17	17	16
Chill °C (?)	18	23	16	24	20	18	16	17	16	18	19	16	19	19	17	18	18	17	19	17	17	17
Sunrise	6:00	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54
Sunset	-	8:13	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 N	0.6 W	1.5 WNW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	11	11	5	12	11	11	10	9	8	13	14	13	13	14	13	13	15	14	14	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.8 NW	0.5 NW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 NW	0.4 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.2 NNW	0.3 WSW	0.1 NW	0.4 SW	0.1 N	-	0.9 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	9	8	7	8	12	13	11	11	12	6	8	8	12	12	7	18	6	4	12	-	6	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 N	0.4 NNW	0.3 E	-	1.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	1.3 W	-	-	0.6 W	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	5	5	2	-	7	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	5

	Monday 17							Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19
	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	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Paritutu and Ngamotu Beach Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Desperation Point Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Bell Block Reef Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 W	1.0 W	0.7 W	1.2 WNW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9
Energy(?)	686	520	371	291	208	227	154	223	55	112	318	136	371	1119	1057	1066	830	695	680	546	567	456
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:43AM 2.77				9:02PM 3.00				9:33AM 2.76	10:04AM 2.51			9:33PM 2.81				9:57AM 2.90	10:04AM 3.18
Low Tide / height (m)	2:30AM 0.65				2:58PM 0.80				3:11AM 0.55				3:50PM 0.44				3:43AM 0.38					4:09PM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	-	1	-
Temp. °C	14	14	17	18	19	18	18	15	16	17	20	25	21	20	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	13	12	17	18	19	18	18	14	15	16	20	25	21	20	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17
Sunrise	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 W	1.0 W	0.7 W	1.2 WNW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	0.5 SW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.8 N	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 W	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WNW	0.1 S	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	5	8	8	8	14	10	10	7	8	13	13	13	13	11	11	11	14	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 N	0.9 N	0.8 N	-	0.8 N	0.8 N	1.1 N	1.4 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.6 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 NW	-
Period (s)	-	4	5	5	-	6	5	5	6	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-

	Monday 17
	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	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Paritutu and Ngamotu Beach Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Desperation Point Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Bell Block Reef Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 W	0.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	751	760	686	544	544	638	436	612	371	338	279	59	92	219	287	282	175	173	232	179	115	132
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)								8:35AM 2.64
Low Tide / height (m)		2:30AM 0.65												2:53PM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	14	13	14	13	17	16	17	19	20	21	20	19	19	18	18	18	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	17	15	16	19	20	21	20	19	19	18	18	18	17	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 W	0.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 N	0.7 N
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.1 W	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.1 S	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 N	0.7 NNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	20	9	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	5	5	8	8	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.7 NW	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	-	-	1.0 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	-	-	0.8 N	0.8 N	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	4	4	4	9	5	5	5	-	-	5	5	5	-	-	5	5	-	-