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 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			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	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	4	4	1	0	3	3	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	3	4	4	4	2	0	4	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.0 S	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.9 W	0.8 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.5 SW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	9	11	11	11	11	11	18	16	6	15	9	9	9	8	13	13	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	1554	1776	309	628	698	575	467	433	496	489	351	551	1805	945	1820	1174	1032	191	1604	1800	1011	584
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	on	cross	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)	10:08AM 3.33		10:30PM 3.19	10:39AM 3.25		10:58PM 2.92	11:16AM 3.14		11:34PM 3.02	12:30PM 2.89		12:34AM 2.60	12:31PM 3.63	1:06PM 2.90	12:46AM 3.07		1:11PM 3.25	1:34AM 3.10		1:45PM 3.10	2:15AM 2.95
Low Tide / height (m)		4:21PM 0.64		4:33AM 0.41	4:52PM 0.39		5:04AM 0.16	5:28PM 0.10		6:23AM 0.63	6:45PM 0.63		6:25AM 0.28			6:57AM 0.09		7:29PM 0.08	7:39AM 0.20		8:10PM 0.19	8:31AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	15	19	20	16	19	19	17	19	20	18	18	19	17	19	21	14	18	19	16	19
Low °C	15	16	14	18	19	14	18	19	15	18	19	17	18	18	15	18	19	12	16	17	15	18
Chill °C (?)	16	17	14	19	20	16	19	19	17	18	20	18	17	18	16	19	21	14	18	19	15	19
Sunrise	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58
Sunset	-	8:19	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:16	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:16	-	-	8:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	0.3 W	1.2 W	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 W	0.8 WSW	0.3 SW	0.8 WSW	0.2 W	0.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.6 W	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	12	20	6	11	11	11	11	11	11	16	16	15	18	16	15	8	8	8	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SSE	-	1.0 S	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 S	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 S	0.2 N	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.5 S	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	11	-	9	18	18	16	22	20	18	11	7	10	9	6	8	13	13	12	9	9	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 WSW	0.9 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	-	1.2 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	0.9 SSE	0.8 S	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	12	4	-	-	-	-	3	-	6	6	6	9	9	9	6	6	3	-	-	-	-

	Monday 16							Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18
	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	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki
Rating	3	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	1	1	0	1	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 W	1.4 W	0.6 S	1.4 WSW	0.6 S	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.4 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	6	9	11	9	11	11	11	11	11	21	11	11
Energy(?)	1332	1559	1370	1934	1661	1522	1326	1211	1040	302	253	93	465	132	618	575	568	608	514	286	363	407
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
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	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				10:03AM 3.09				10:22PM 2.78				11:09AM 2.48				10:58PM 2.92				11:19AM 3.21
Low Tide / height (m)		4:01AM 0.67				4:16PM 0.42				5:13AM 0.77				5:32PM 0.76				5:12AM 0.16				5:34PM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	15	16	16	17	16	15	15	16	14	18	19	19	18	16	15	17	16	19	20	20	19
Chill °C (?)	12	13	15	16	17	16	15	15	16	13	18	19	19	18	16	15	17	16	19	20	20	19
Sunrise	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	0.2 W	0.2 W	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.4 WSW	0.9 W	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	13	21	21	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	9	9	11	5	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.3 WSW	0.3 W	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.6 S	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 W	0.4 WSW	0.5 W
Period (s)	22	11	11	11	11	20	20	19	18	11	11	11	17	9	16	16	16	15	15	21	20	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	13	12	8	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 16
	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	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki
Rating	3	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	1	1	0	1	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.2 WSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.4 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	9	13	13	13	13	10	10	10	12	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	1297	1297	1332	1528	1466	2266	2385	2506	2468	2708	2570	2566	1310	3890	1776	1776	1846	1846	1522	622	942	910
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	on	on
High Tide / height (m)										10:43AM 2.65												10:28PM 2.84
Low Tide / height (m)																4:16PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	13	14	15	14	15	16	16	15	15	14	17	15	17	17	17	17	16	15	17	17
Chill °C (?)	13	12	11	12	13	13	14	15	15	13	13	12	17	13	17	17	17	17	16	15	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	2.5 S	0.3 W	0.3 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.4 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	8	12	21	21	21	21	-	-	-	20	10	20	20	12	12	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 W	0.1 W	1.5 WSW	1.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	1.0 W	-	-	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.3 WSW	0.3 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	10	22	22	13	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	6	-	-	10	10	20	20	20	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.2 WSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	13	13	13	13	10	10	10	12	10	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-