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 31			Saturday 01			Sunday 02			Monday 03			Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kina Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Arawhata Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	0	0	4	4	3	3	1	0	3	2	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	2	2	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	0.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	0.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	0.3 WSW	1.1 SW	2.1 W	1.7 W	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	6	12	13	12	10	12	12	13	11	12	16	7	7	8	14	13	13	12	12	5
Energy(?)	509	304	307	1217	704	751	45	480	592	385	155	271	143	190	459	341	254	426	334	186	264	59
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	on	glass	glass	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:34AM 2.61	6:03PM 2.49		6:36AM 2.71	6:59PM 2.94		7:35AM 2.88		7:50PM 2.82	8:22AM 2.82		8:39PM 3.01	9:17AM 3.14		9:33PM 3.27	10:01AM 3.31		10:19PM 3.36	10:46AM 3.42		11:03PM 3.34
Low Tide / height (m)	11:21PM 0.90	11:45AM 1.12		12:25AM 1.06	12:49PM 0.95		1:25AM 0.76		2:22PM 0.93	2:07AM 0.28		2:36PM 0.33	2:54AM 0.07		3:23PM 0.21	3:49AM -0.08		4:12PM 0.00		4:34AM -0.16	5:16PM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	15	15	13	13	15	12	13	15	12	15	17	13	16	16	14	17	17	15	16	17	14
Low °C	11	14	14	9	12	15	11	13	14	11	14	15	13	15	15	13	16	16	15	15	16	12
Chill °C (?)	11	13	14	12	12	15	12	12	15	12	14	17	12	15	14	12	16	16	15	16	17	13
Sunrise	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:53	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:57	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:05	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.9 SW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	0.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 W
Period (s)	8	11	13	15	13	12	10	12	12	13	11	12	11	12	15	16	6	13	13	12	12	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	0.2 W	1.0 S	0.5 S	0.3 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.7 SW	0.3 W	0.3 WSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	-	13	16	20	6	5	7	15	8	7	6	5	16	16	11	10	14	9	5	5	15	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	-	0.6 SSE	-	0.7 WSW	0.7 N	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 W	1.7 W	-	0.8 SW	-	-	0.5 N	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	11	6	6	12	-	5	-	5	5	-	-	3	7	7	7	8	-	5	-	-	3	6

	Thu	Friday 31								Saturday 01								Sunday 02
	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	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Bell Block Reef Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Kina Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 SW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 W	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	0.3 SW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	6	7	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	12
Energy(?)	582	509	550	529	304	515	580	273	511	1217	1166	1236	1123	1179	535	614	615	544	618	605	72	370
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	on
Tide State(?)	-	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	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				5:34AM 2.67				6:02PM 2.79				6:43AM 2.45					7:06PM 2.69				8:00AM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)		11:19PM 1.16				11:45AM 1.12				12:20AM 0.73				12:50PM 0.74					1:26AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	10	9	14	15	15	14	11	11	9	10	15	15	14	15	13	12	13	12	14	14
Chill °C (?)	11	10	8	8	12	13	13	12	10	10	9	10	15	15	13	15	13	12	13	12	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.9 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	0.4 SSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	11	8	8	8	11	13	14	15	13	15	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.3 NW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.2 WSW	0.2 W	0.5 WSW	0.7 S	0.2 W	0.7 S	0.2 WSW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.3 SW	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	8	-	16	16	13	8	8	8	15	20	15	6	19	6	18	5	4	16	16	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 W	1.9 SW	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.6 N
Period (s)	-	11	11	11	6	11	11	6	7	12	-	-	-	-	5	4	-	-	-	-	5	4

	Thursday 30				Friday 31
	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	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Bell Block Reef Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Kina Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.0 W	1.4 WSW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 W	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	11	11	11	11	11	6	11	11	11	11	6	7	11
Energy(?)	581	582	582	582	541	509	509	527	370	510	659	454	659	905	340	404	662	662	713	351	446	583
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)											5:25AM 2.23
Low Tide / height (m)					11:19PM 1.16												11:46AM 0.90
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	14	15	15
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	8	10	10	10	12	11	11	12	12	12	13	12	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.1 SW	1.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.1 SW	0.3 WSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	8	8	8	8	11	11	16	11	16	13	11	11	13	13	13	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 S	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	16	8	8	8	8	8	16	13	13	16	16	16	8	14	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.0 W	0.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 W	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	11	7	4	11	6	11	11	6	6	11	11	11	6	7	11