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.

Taranaki Surf Forecast

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Preloading...

Long range forecasts are available for members only
Sign Up

Already have an account? Sign in

Show location on the map:

Wave Energy Map

Wave Height Map

Wind Map

Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Taranaki Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Taranaki Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Taranaki Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Taranaki Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Taranaki Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Taranaki Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Taranaki Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Taranaki Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Taranaki Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

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.

Taranaki Photos

Taranaki Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wed
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki
Rating	0	2	1	1	1	3	2	2	0	0	4	4	3	0	0	0	4	3	2	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WSW	1.9 W	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 SW	1.8 NNW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	7	11	14	14	14	14	12	11	10	11	6	13
Energy(?)	82	140	138	103	90	146	453	362	485	760	511	786	728	1406	1001	5289	4085	1298	556	420	354	66
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:13PM 2.60	2:56AM 2.81		3:17PM 2.95	3:40AM 2.39		4:02PM 2.52		4:57AM 1.90	5:24PM 2.05		6:07AM 1.96	6:32PM 2.11		7:13AM 2.07	6:58PM 2.18	7:43PM 2.54	8:13AM 2.23		8:43PM 2.63	9:28AM 2.67
Low Tide / height (m)			8:49PM 1.03	9:05AM 1.01		9:39PM 0.75	9:54AM 0.71		10:33PM 0.88	11:10AM 0.74		12:03AM 0.61	12:29PM 0.68		1:12AM 0.50			2:11AM 0.83		2:41PM 0.87	3:10AM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	15	1	4	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	20	19
High °C	18	23	20	23	25	20	21	20	18	18	18	14	23	18	16	17	16	13	17	19	19	19
Low °C	17	21	19	22	22	19	20	18	15	18	16	13	18	18	15	16	15	11	15	19	18	17
Chill °C (?)	17	23	20	23	25	20	21	20	18	17	17	12	23	18	15	16	15	11	16	19	18	18
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	8:22	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:34	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.6 WNW	1.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	11	11	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	14	14	14	14	12	11	10	11	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	0.8 WSW	1.1 NW	0.2 S	0.9 NW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.1 N	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 NW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	14	9	13	13	12	11	-	-	10	9	6	9	6	8	10	-	-	8	9	8	13	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 N	0.8 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.8 NW	-	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	-	-	1.9 W	-	-	0.8 N	1.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 NNW	3.5 NNW
Period (s)	6	5	3	3	4	-	8	8	-	-	7	-	-	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	9

	Wednesday 26							Thursday 27								Friday 28
	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	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	1.4 NNW	1.4 NW	1.8 NW	0.9 NW	1.8 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	6	7	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	209	222	82	60	211	242	697	211	447	110	103	91	90	155	146	146	442	305	711	381	362	357
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	high	low	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	1:47AM 2.47				2:24PM 3.04				2:51AM 2.65				3:17PM 2.08				3:43AM 1.91	4:28AM 2.30				4:50PM 2.41
Low Tide / height (m)			8:14AM 0.95				8:38PM 0.60				8:53AM 0.64				9:36PM 0.65				9:54AM 0.71	10:37AM 1.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	13	-	1	2	2
Temp. °C	14	15	17	18	20	19	20	16	18	19	22	23	25	22	20	20	18	18	20	21	20	19
Chill °C (?)	14	15	16	17	20	19	20	16	17	19	22	23	25	22	20	20	18	18	20	21	20	19
Sunrise	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	0.9 NW	0.4 SW	0.8 WNW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 WNW	0.1 S	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 W	0.8 W	1.3 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.0 W
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	7	9	9	12	8	8	8	8	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NNW	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.4 WSW	0.1 S	0.5 SW	0.1 N	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	14	14	14	11	14	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	16	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.8 N	1.5 N	1.4 N	1.4 NNW	-	1.8 NW	-	1.8 NW	0.4 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.7 NW	0.8 NW	1.1 WNW	-	-	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 W
Period (s)	3	5	6	6	6	-	8	-	8	3	3	4	4	8	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	8

	Wednesday 26
	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	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 N	0.2 WSW	0.8 SW	0.6 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.7 WNW	0.4 W	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	11	6	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	278	209	220	224	248	249	25	186	84	30	27	20	20	9	9	9	61	38	85	44	274	496
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:47AM 2.47													2:26PM 2.15
Low Tide / height (m)								8:01AM 0.65													9:24PM 1.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	16	17	17	17	18	20	19	23	24	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	22	21	20	19
Chill °C (?)	14	14	15	16	16	16	18	20	18	23	24	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	22	21	20	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 WSW	0.8 SW	0.6 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.7 WNW	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	10	10	10	8	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 NNW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 S	-	0.1 N	0.2 WNW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.1 S
Period (s)	-	5	15	15	15	15	10	-	14	7	10	10	10	13	13	13	13	10	9	4	4	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 N	0.5 NE	1.2 N	1.2 N	1.3 N	1.4 N	0.4 N	0.8 N	1.8 N	0.4 NNW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	4	3	6	6	6	6	3	5	6	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	9