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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	Sat	Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki
Rating	3	4	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 W	3.5 W	2.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	18	16	14	13	9	11	12	13	13	12	12	14	14	16	16	16	16	15	14	13
Energy(?)	371	438	1556	636	1087	1401	1843	1883	1527	6726	2321	1382	1531	1594	1143	1317	1125	1141	1257	1249	1427	1045
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	on	cross	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:12AM 2.98	3:57PM 2.89		4:30AM 2.51	5:20PM 2.56		5:55AM 2.49		6:51PM 3.05	7:09AM 2.56		7:40PM 2.22	8:31AM 2.11		8:39PM 3.34	9:02AM 3.22		9:23PM 3.46	9:43AM 3.33		10:19PM 2.56
Low Tide / height (m)	9:01PM 0.84	9:32AM 0.97		10:19PM 1.11	10:58AM 0.72		11:47PM 1.15		12:24PM 1.14	1:06AM 1.08		2:00PM 0.63	1:54AM 0.49		2:27PM 0.73	2:52AM 0.65		3:13PM 0.55		3:35AM 0.51	4:28PM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	5	11	2	-	2	4	1	4	13	2	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	10	11	13	13	11	10	9	8	10	11	9	12	12	9	12	13	10	11	11	10
Low °C	10	10	10	9	13	12	9	10	8	8	9	8	8	10	10	8	10	11	8	9	10	8
Chill °C (?)	10	9	8	9	11	11	8	7	5	3	7	9	7	10	10	7	11	13	8	11	11	10
Sunrise	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 SW	1.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.3 SW	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	18	16	14	16	14	11	9	13	13	12	12	14	14	16	16	16	16	15	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.9 N	0.1 S	0.6 WSW	0.2 NNW	-	1.6 NW	1.3 WSW	-	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	1.0 S	0.9 S	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	7	17	5	7	-	8	12	-	24	22	19	18	-	6	6	-	-	5	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 N	0.5 E	-	0.4 SW	-	1.6 W	3.5 W	-	2.3 SSE	4.0 S	-	0.5 S	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	3	-	2	-	13	9	-	6	10	-	3	8	8	6	6	6	5	5	-	-	-

	Sat	Sunday 17								Monday 18								Tuesday 19
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	5	4	4	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	1.6 W	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.0 W	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	19	18	17	16	16	15	14	14	16	13	15	14	9	9	11	8	9
Energy(?)	277	233	262	301	673	1716	1556	3063	1569	1341	1195	220	530	295	1401	2754	3475	1667	1814	2433	608	464
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				3:12AM 2.98				3:57PM 2.60				4:32AM 1.94				5:32PM 2.86					6:37AM 2.35
Low Tide / height (m)		9:06PM 0.94				9:43AM 0.63				10:19PM 1.17				11:03AM 0.78				11:47PM 1.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	4	4	6	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	1	2	2	1	2
Temp. °C	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	9	11	9	10	15	13	12	12	11	10	10	9	10
Chill °C (?)	10	8	7	8	8	8	10	9	9	7	9	7	8	14	11	9	9	8	7	7	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 W	1.0 WSW	-	0.5 NNW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.0 W	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	6	6	12	19	18	17	16	16	15	14	14	5	16	-	7	14	14	14	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 N	-	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.9 N	1.0 N	0.8 N	0.6 N	0.3 N	0.1 S	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.2 NNW	-	-	0.6 NNW	-	-	0.3 SW	0.3 S
Period (s)	5	-	12	12	6	6	7	7	7	6	6	8	5	16	7	-	-	7	-	-	14	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 NNE	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	0.8 S	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.1 WNW	1.6 W	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	-	1.0 S
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	-	3	-	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	13	15	14	9	9	11	-	4

	Saturday 16					Sunday 17
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	5	4	4	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	19	19	19	18	18	18
Energy(?)	287	211	249	245	361	371	233	632	262	266	305	55	158	75	438	438	1438	1222	1421	1361	220	215
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)										3:12AM 3.04												3:56PM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)				9:06PM 0.94												9:32AM 0.97
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	2	2	2	1	1	1	-	1
High °C	11	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	9
Chill °C (?)	9	10	10	8	9	7	7	7	8	8	8	6	6	6	8	8	8	9	10	10	9	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	1.0 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.0 NNE	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	6	6	6	12	12	12	12	12	19	19	19	18	18	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.5 N	-	-	0.7 N	0.8 N	-	0.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.7 N	0.7 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.9 N	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	5	5	-	-	5	6	-	22	12	12	12	20	20	20	6	6	6	6	6	7	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.9 N	1.0 N	0.9 NNE	1.4 NNE	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.2 NNE	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	-	5	5	5	5	6	5	6	-	-	-	7	2	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3