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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	Wed	Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01
	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	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Desperation Point Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki
Rating	1	3	2	4	2	3	3	3	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 SW	0.7 WSW	1.2 WNW	2.5 NW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	17	14	14	13	12	11	10	9	14	14	13	14	12	9	11	10	9	10	9	13	13	13
Energy(?)	64	474	92	151	387	1526	863	771	744	582	350	305	908	1662	3344	2578	2231	1967	1393	1405	1520	1663
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:08AM 2.92	4:47PM 2.62		6:15AM 2.37	6:15PM 2.77		6:55AM 2.77		7:43PM 1.86	7:58AM 2.91		8:45PM 2.60	9:07AM 2.81		9:33PM 2.78	9:33AM 3.16		10:01PM 3.28	10:17AM 3.41		10:38PM 3.37
Low Tide / height (m)		10:33AM 1.08		10:58PM 1.02	12:32PM 1.19		12:27AM 1.00		1:52PM 1.12	2:20AM 0.72		2:35PM 0.60	2:55AM 0.55		3:44PM 0.37	3:41AM 0.37		3:51PM 0.44		4:10AM 0.41	4:29PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	15	12	2	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	7	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	15	15	18	21	19	19	19	20	17	19	19	19	18	17	16	16	15	14	15	16	15
Low °C	15	15	15	17	20	19	18	19	19	15	17	19	18	18	16	14	15	15	11	14	15	12
Chill °C (?)	17	13	14	17	21	18	19	19	20	17	19	19	18	17	16	14	15	13	12	13	15	14
Sunrise	-	7:31	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:17	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	1.7 N	0.4 SW	3.5 NNW	1.2 WNW	2.5 NW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 WNW	0.3 WSW	0.5 WSW	-	0.3 S	-	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	5	8	14	11	12	11	10	9	9	14	13	14	12	19	18	-	6	-	9	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.3 NW	0.7 WSW	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 W	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	0.2 W	-	1.1 WSW	-	-	0.1 N
Period (s)	12	14	11	13	-	13	13	15	14	8	7	7	13	-	-	-	16	-	14	-	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	-	3.0 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	0.7 S	-
Period (s)	4	5	4	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	9	11	10	9	10	-	-	4	-

	Wed	Thursday 26								Friday 27								Saturday 28
	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	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Desperation Point Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	2	1	2	1	0	3	2	1	2	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.6 W	2.2 NW	1.9 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	1.3 WNW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 W
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	15	15	14	14	14	13	14	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Energy(?)	219	234	171	383	69	379	576	246	147	282	1372	1158	1299	1220	401	1362	1074	863	734	676	613	606
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				4:03AM 2.75				4:47PM 2.62				5:29AM 2.43				6:15PM 2.31				7:00AM 2.94
Low Tide / height (m)	9:48PM 0.69					10:33AM 1.08				10:48PM 0.84				12:05PM 0.90				12:32AM 1.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	2	1	17	6	1	4	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	18	17	15	15	16	17	17	17	19	18	18	19	20	21	20	19	18	18	18	19	20
Chill °C (?)	16	17	17	14	14	14	16	16	17	19	17	18	19	20	21	20	19	18	18	18	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.8 N	0.9 N	1.3 N	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	2.5 N	3.0 N	0.4 WNW	0.6 NW	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	1.3 WNW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 W
Period (s)	12	6	7	7	15	14	10	10	13	12	10	9	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.7 SW	0.8 SSE	0.8 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 NW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 SW	0.6 W	2.2 NW	1.9 NW	0.6 NNW	0.4 WSW	0.2 ESE	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	6	11	6	15	4	15	14	14	14	14	12	12	10	13	4	13	12	13	16	15	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 SE	0.4 ESE	2.5 NNE	1.4 E	1.3 E	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 E	0.7 ENE	2.0 N	1.7 N	0.4 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	3	3	6	3	8	5	5	4	4	4	4	9	8	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 25				Thursday 26
	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	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Desperation Point Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	2	1	2	1	0	3	2	1	2	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	5	11	12	11	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	189	172	219	198	44	234	177	171	53	58	401	414	403	443	100	491	460	379	420	409	395	395
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																						4:52PM 2.78
Low Tide / height (m)			9:38PM 0.87													10:33AM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	6	5	3	1	3
High °C	17	19	18	18	15	18	18	18	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	16	19	18	18	14	17	18	18	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 N	0.8 SSE	0.9 N	0.5 S	0.6 S	1.2 N	1.3 N	1.4 N	1.6 N	0.4 WSW	1.8 N	2.0 N	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	5	6	6	7	5	5	7	7	8	8	15	8	9	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.2 WSW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.2 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSE	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 S	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	6	18	6	6	12	11	12	6	16	16	15	15	15	15	4	14	14	15	14	14	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.6 NNE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 ESE	0.7 SE	0.8 ESE	2.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 N	3.0 N
Period (s)	4	5	4	4	3	3	-	3	4	4	6	6	6	5	4	5	5	8	8	9	9	9